Vienna, Austria

I only got to spend two days in Vienna. I was there mainly to file for my business visa at the Czech embassy there. I got in the evening on a Thursday. My appointment at the embassy was at nine the next morning. Luckily the hostel that I picked to stay in was an easy twenty minute walk away. I spent over half the day dealing with them. They didn't like how one of my documents was worded. All the information they needed was on there. I think they just like to be assholes from time to time. But, they do it with a smile. You just have to smile back and curse them when you leave. I got a little bit of a chance to walk around the city to take some pictures that day. I got back to the hostel and decided to make it a quiet night and just chill on the internet and have a couple happy hour beers in the hostel. My plan was to get to bed early so I would have plenty of time to see some sites around Vienna. I was the only one in the hostel's bar for a while and had a long conversation with the bartender. He ended up selling my a couple more beers after happy hour at the happy hour price. I was just about to call it a night when a cute Spanish girl asked if I wanted to do some shots of Yeager with her and her friends. Whats a guy to do? So a few shots later I was pretty well lite. I spent the morning and afternoon throwing up. My heading was pounding all the way back to Czech later that night. Needless to say I didn't see much of Vienna. I was so I of it walking the streets that afternoon that I didn't pay attention a few times when crossing a street. Thank god I had the green light. I bought a sandwich from a deli hoping that I good get that on my stomach. I was too out of it to notice that the clerk short changed me ten Euros. If I wasn't already having a crap day I probably could have fumbled through my little bit of German to get it sorted but I all I could really say was, "you owe me ten f#^king euros!" Luckily another customer could speak English and got it worked out.
It was extremely windy that day and taking pictures sucked. I didn't feel comfortable using my tripod. It doesn't matter. I know I will be going back there again anyway. I made it to the train, found an empty compartment and locked the door. I wanted to feel like shit by myself on the way back to Czech.

Olomouc, Czech Republic

In order to apply for my Czech business visa I had to go to the Czech embassy in Vienna to do so. Coincidently a school on the way to Vienna wanted to interview for a position. So I made a nice little trip to Olomouc in Moravia, the southern part of Czech. Olomouc is on the UNESCO World Heritage list for its Baroque style Holy Trinity Column. It was built in the 1700s. I need to make a list of all the UNESCO sites that I have seen so far. It has been quite a few and I hope to make it many more.

Next to the Holy Trinity Column is an astronomical clock, very different from the one in Prague. When the asshole Nazis were leaving Czech in 1945 they open fired at the clock as they were walking past. What sore losers! When the communists rolled in they rebuilt the clock with a commie theme. 

I met two very beautiful Czech girls a had a couple drinks with them. They were planning on moving to New Zealand later that week. So I gave them lots of advice on what to do while they are there. They too gave me a few tips on Czech life.

I stayed at a hostel called Poets Corner. It is owned by an Australian couple. They need a course in how to run a hostel. Its a long story. I think I have just stayed in way to many of them now. The other backpackers that were staying there the same night were quite good people. A Scottish guy that worked there, an American, Brit, and Northern Irish. They were all trying to find jobs as an English teacher, too. They were complaining that they could get any interviews while I have had about eight. Not to sure what they have been doing with there time in Czech. I guess they have just been getting drunk because you can do it really cheap. We all went out and got pretty sloshed just on about six dollars each. 

While I was in Olomouc I went for a traditional Moravian meal. For lunch I had some kind of a potato pancake with mushrooms, ham, and goat cheese. It was one of the better meals that I have had in Czech so far. I can't wait until I head back to Olomouc just to go order it again for this restaurant.

Her are some pics from St. Michael's church. It is not much to look at from the outside but the inside is quite magnificent.

Save that man!