AUSTRIA vs. SPAIN.

German class today was difficult. We're delving deeper into grammar which, even according to our teacher, is more complicated than nearly any foreign language. I honestly can't imagine how difficult our final exam is going to be, but stressing out about it doesn't help anything :) In humanities, I gave my presentation on Jazz and Ragtime, which was fun, as we viewed some different musical compositions by famous artists such as Scott Joplin and Billie Holliday! Both genres are so enjoyable to listen to, and I'm ashamed I don't have a larger collection of that style on my ipod. I stayed at school for an hour or so after classes to finish editing and printing my research paper. The finished product is 23 pages. oye. Afterwards, Ricki and I had an enjoyable, stress-free afternoon in our home city. We first went to the University of Vienna (we had been there in September) to purchase a few more souvenirs for friends and family back home.

Then, we explored the inside of the Rathaus, which serves as the seat of both the mayor and city council of Vienna. This town hall is absolutely stunning. They were having a few kids Christmas workshops in the foyer of the Rathaus, where the "Kinder" were learning how to make/roll sugar cookies, paint on ornaments, etc. It was PRECIOUS. Afterwards, we headed to Stephansplatz for some shopping and new boot-hunting. Although we were unsuccessful in our boot endeavors, I did, however, splurge on some new Chanel perfume (which is my new favorite scent) and a knit black scarf! Once back at the hotel, we had a few minutes of down-time before meeting up with the rest of the group (Daniel included!) to head out to Stadion (the soccer stadium for Austria's national team) to see the Austria vs. Spain national game! The game was SO much fun. Although Austria lost 5-1, being in that environment was awesome. Europeans are die-hard, crazy people when it comes to their futbol clubs. We sat in front of some teenage Austrian fans who proceeded to try to teach us some Austrian cheers. Great fun, good night.