More pre-Christmas fun

[wiseheart]

Went to Vienna with Mum and a few colleagues yesterday - it has been the best fun for a long time.

We rode the train, and the girls (aged between late thirties and late fifties, just to get that part straight) had started on the spirits as soon as the train departed the railway station. It wasn't that they drank much, mind you; we were just at very high spirits. Even me, without alcohol. I took some of my freshly-baked cookies with me to feed the girls between rounds. The train was poorly heated; other passengers sat in their cabins in warm jackets and hats on their heads. Our cabin was so pleasantly warm that we all but sat in our shirtsleeves. And we giggled so much it could be heard on the other end of the wagon.

In Vienna, I made a little sightseeing tour for them; just a bit of cultural programme before we'd hit the various Christmas markets. It was fairly cold, it even rained at times, so we had to drink some eggnog punch - yes, even Mum and me, although we hardly ever drink anything with alcohol in it. But it was cold, okay? We also visited various coffee houses and bought little presents for friends and family. All in all, it was an exhausting but delightful day.

On our way back, we didn't have a cabin for our own - it was a long, modern wagon, but we sat in two opposite four-seat-parties and had great, silly fun. The other passengers were probably nerved by us, but to be honest, we didn't really care. The girls didn't drink on the way back, as some of them had to drive home after the journey, but we still had a very great time. The other people in the wagon probably didn't, but who cares. Our nerves are so frayed around the end of a term, we needed the outlet. And we didn't hurt anyone. We weren't that loud, really. We just giggled a lot.


Oh, and I got Swedish chocolate from disthrainsdotte. I'm pleased that she, too, got my little prezzie. Now I only have to worry about two of the seven small parcels I sent on their way. Christmas is fun, folks!

Comments

[artemis10002000]

Hey, it sounds like you had an awesome day in Vienna! I'm so happy to hear that!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yep, it was great fun. My only sorrow being that none of the shops where you could get DVDs was open. I so hoped I'd find the first part of "Die Deutschen" somewhere. It's an awesome series, although I stopped watching after August dem Starken - and even that was beyond the era of my interest. I wanted to record the earliest episodes, but ZDF brought them so erratically that I always missed them.

[artemis10002000]

Yeah, that's a shame. Are you sure that these DVDs are even out yet?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Apparently, yeah. (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Deutschen) My problem is, that I'm only interested in certain episodes: Parts 1.1-1.5 and Parts 2.1-2.4, and I seriously doubt that they'd sell the DVDs individually anywhere. Too bad, I'd have loved to find these few parts. Especially the ones about Hildegard von Bingen, Barbarossa, Karl dem Großen, Karl IV und Friedrich II. That's one I actually saw on ZDF and found highly interesting. Ah, well, you can't have everything. Unfortunately.

[artemis10002000]

Ich hab mal bei Amazon geschaut und dort haben sie einzelne Folgen, aber völlig überteuert im Vergleich zur Staffel (1 Folge 15 Euro, 10 zusammen 66)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Das ist nicht normal! Ich werde halt warten und sehen ob ZDF die Serie eventuell wiederholt.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

It sounds like a splendid time - and much deserved, this late in term! I'm glad it was so good.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It was wonderful indeed. So good that we decided to repeat it in the coming years - only that we won't go to Vienna, but to a different Christmas Market within Hungary every year. I hope it comes together, it would be a fine tradition. And we teachers can travel by train for half the price within the country, so it won't be so expensive, either.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

So glad you had such a good day! Parcel has arrived - thank you so much!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, good! I'm curious what you'll think about Csontváry.