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!