Graduation Party Part II

As I mentioned in my latest post, Nadine and I were invited to the graduation party of Philipp, nephew of Sissy. On the way to downtown Graz we made a stop at Shopping Center Seiersberg to satisfy the shopping fever of Nadine. :-D Afterwards, we checked in the "Das Weitzer" which is a nice old hotel close to the city center of Graz. We intended to have dinner at Aiola, but the kitchen was closed due to restructuring, reopening April 15^th. So we had no time to search for a long time, because of a starving Hannes, we couldn't waste time! ;-) I had a wonderful steak at the "Herzerl Stubn" and Nadine a special kind of "Schnitzel" with pumpkin seeds. Then we headed to M1-Bar where the party took place. We meet a lot of Philipp's friends and his family. We really enjoyed the night and had a lot of fun! On the way home we had to make a stop for a big hot dog. Actually we had to get two, because the first one was a little bit cold and not Nadine refused this one – she is a really big fan of Hotdogs!!! – so we made a stop at the next hotdog stand to grab another one, but this time the temperature wasn't the problem rather the sausage, which was a Bratwurst. So Nadine was disappointed again, but she was too hungry to refuse it! On the next day, we had an awesome brunch at the Aiola Schlossberg with a wonderful view over Graz and with sunny 15°C.

Unfortunately such weekends always end to fast! So we had to go back to SoBu for studying and some more coffee…

Nadine & Hannes

Sponsionsfeier die Zweite

Nadine and I are going to Graz for this night to celebrate with Philipp Gamauf his "Magister". We are leaving next few minutes to please every women's weak point – shopping. I think it will be the first time that Nadine will be on time… :-D

Full story coming up!

Working!

Last weekend I was completely occupied with working. I was working as a waiter at the MotoMotion in Oberwart, which is a fair for cars, bikes and everything which can be related to it. As it was a success I was really busy! Now I am tired and happy to have it passed.

Before I forget, on Friday there was a Graduation Party of Manuel in Stinatz. It was a very funny party with cold meet and a lot of beer! ;-) Unfortunately, I was not very long, because of working on the next day, but still I enjoyed an "Austrian-croatian" celebration.

Tomorrow morning I will meet with my professor to discuss the register of my final thesis.

Good night and take care,

Hannes

One night in (Rio) Vienna

I spent the last night in Vienna, because of an interview, which worked out quiet good. Now, I have to send them my grades to get invited for second round. In the afternoon I played Tim Taylor and fixed mounting for the curtains in the kitchen of the apartment of Sissy & Andy. One of several things I have done so far, which earned me the title of "Hausbesorger". Sounds pretty awkward to be a caretaker, but as I had to pay in some way my rent for staying with them, I am rather honored with the title. Afterwards we had a late lunch at Schilling, an old Vienna cuisine close to the apartment.

Then I had my next meeting at the department for student affairs to get my American grades for good. I could finish the process for my Irvine classes, but they still want me to send them a new transcript of Berkeley, which would cost me around 50€. Lets see what the head of the department thinks about it?! ;-) The best thing about Berkeley is, that I would get 5 Semesterstunden, it's the Austrian form of credits, for each lesson, which would mean that I have done Irvine for nothing and 2 other classes, because usually a class is worth 2 Semesterstunden, but due to the workload in Berkeley it counts far more. So now you can see, that I wasn't joking in the summer, when I was studying my ass off! Nevertheless, I just have 4 Semesterstunden left, so I will only take each class for 2 SS each.

In the evening, I met with current UCI students and the replacement of mine next fall quarter in Irvine. It was a really nice chat and I hope I could help them a little bit to tackle all the obstacles they might face.

Today, I was for a great breakfast in my favorite café next to the University – "The Roast" and then it was the big time for Manuel, who was honored with his "Magister" degree (masters). Thanks to the long days next to him in the library I was invited to the ceremony which was followed by champagne and a lunch at a restaurant in Vienna. Still full with "Cordon Bleue" and beer, I am lying in front of the TV back home in SoBu.

I wish all of you a great rainy weekend!

Scoring Machines battle each other

Austrian Carnival And Many More

On Tuesday it was the last day of this season's carnival - called "Fasching" in Austria. As I am not a typical fan of such "must-be-funny-days", I joined the party rather late at 4.30 at Oberwart Main street. After some hot wine, I drove to Stegersbach, where my girlfriend was the "Carnival Princess 2009" and Ado and I picked her up. We had lot of fun at P2 and Braumönch, where Laky was working this night. Around 9.30 I drove back home to leave my girl alone for some dancing.

Wednesday, I was working all day for dieBank to get the restaurant back to normal business after the Carnival mess. On the next day, I spend all day with my final thesis and some relaxing with Nadine. Friday was a lot of fun with the guys from St. Michael, who Peter and I visited for some German Beer and some "Unicum", the Hungarian national drink – fu… disgusting!!! Saturday, I worked again on my final thesis and had some coffee with my guys. Nadine and I spent the night at Thermal Stegersbach.

All in all, an ordinary week of my life! Including coughing and sniffing!