Today my apartment mate, Danielle, and I finally checked out the "Cat Cafe," Cafe Neko, for lunch. It was hidden in a quaint side alleyway, and the cats were SO friendly.
However, the excitement of the day lay in the awaiting the TU (Technical University) ball. When in Vienna, do as the Viennese do... WALTZ.
As always, things turned out to be a little bit of an adventure. My first dress choice was rejected for being too short (at thigh length), so I started out the night walking home in my heels. Definitely felt badass as people stared at my decked-out flower-in-hair outfit. The taxi driver on the way back definitely raised the price per mile as we neared arrival at the Hofsburg Palace. Finally in, the place way like a night on the Titanic: glamorous, shiny, expensive, but magical. Each room had its own music playing: the main ball room had waltzing, tangoing, other rooms salsa and rumba, others jazz and swing, and my favorite: a form of Viennese Contra Dancing. The great part is I recognized all the moves even though I couldn't understand the directions!! A truly magical night.
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| Live orchestra! |
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| Crazy crowded dance floor |
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| This conductor very fun to watch; very upright and rigid and Austrian. |
Can't say I took more pictures of the rooms; too busy dancing!
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