FOOD+SHOPPING+NEGLIBLE UNI WORK= HAPPINESS

[kaiserkuchen]

Dad is back from Prague today! We met up at their hotel (The Holiday Inn in Margaretengürtel, surprisingly nice rooms for European standards), Dad gave me the two pairs of earrings he apparently bought for me there (!!!) and we waited for Robert to come pick us up for dinner at the Silberwirt, which is apparently part of a collective of wine bars/restaurants in what used to be an actual castle. Nice, solid and delicious Austrian fare-- had a enormous Styrian corn-fed chicken thigh with Krautsalat and a chocolate Palatschinken/Crepe that was filled with a chestnut-marzipan filling and slathered in forest berry sauce, accompanied with vanilla ice cream! OM NOM NOM. Prague was apparently a grand success on all accounts, and Dad apparently is convinced that he's gained about 10 kilos since he arrived in Austria. The food in Prague was uniformly delicious, and what we have planned for the following days until their flight this Friday evening is also going to be pretty hardcore for the waistline. BUT SO GOOD. To wit: Schnitzel at the famous Figlmüller again tomorrow, another sumptuous old-skool Viennese meal at the Plachutta and probably my birthday dinner at the Orpheus (I can even schlep Carmen along, woo!).

Keeping with the food related blathering of this entry, Carmen and I also intended to finally check out the Schwarze Kameel, one of the most famous and oldest delicatessen/cafes in Vienna. So we finally got there, took a quick view of the premise, sat down for about five minutes and promptly got up and left again. The place didn't look to be worth the 6€++ for even your most basic nibbles-- the waitstaff was clearly harried and everything was just kind of messy and eh. AH WELL. It totally counts as a 'done' on our "Places in Vienna we have to eat at" list :DD. I would still say that the actual delicatessen shop is worth paying a visit to though! We still ended up having us some decadent joy-- ICE CREAM AT THE DEMEL, blueberry and violet+mango sorbet ffffffff A GLORIOUS MEDLEY OF FLAVORS IN MY MOUTH ♥.

Oh and in preparation of ROMA ROMA ROMAAAA coming in a few weeks, we also went shoe shopping, being both firmly convinced that we NEED roman sandals for ultimate tourist GLEE. We were more than successful, and I even managed to find a pair of 'size 41's that for some crazy reason fit me. Thank you, shoemakers who feel the urge to lie to your consumers! Mine also ended up being an utter STEAL at 30 fucking Euros, and whilst I can apparently not find them on the online version of the shop, here is a similar, yet clearly not as awesome one that looks like mine. Another reason why my shoe was Perfect and Made for Me? It actually has a zipper/support thing at the heel, so I don't actually have to do each and every one of those fiddly roman sandle-buckles! Wonderfulllll~~ Shall start wearing them tomorrow, here's hoping I won't get too many blisters!

PS PR PRESENTATION IS OVER AND DONE WITH! I think we did well to okay. Snob!Boy was also one of his groups presenters and wow did his partner keep on blathering and blathering. I just wanted to listen to snob!boy talk! And look in my direction and kind of unnerve me with his INTENSE ICY-BLUE SNOB STARE unfffffffff why is this dick so damn good-looking??

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[mcollinknight.livejournal.com]

AGH I LOVE THE GLADIATOR SANDALS. I have been looking for an awesome pair for a YEAR, TRUFAX. Those are teh hot but also look practical. Also: blueberry + violet + mango sorbet? UNF UNF UNF UNF.

[kaiserkuchen.livejournal.com]

THANKS TO DECIDING TO WEAR MY BRAND NEW SHOES THE DAY I KNOW WILL BE RUNNING AROUND TOWN LIKE CRAZY (smaaaart!) I HAVE NOT QUITE BLISTERS BUT ALSO NOT QUITE UH, well I guess you'd call em the beginning of corn on two toes ffffff what the fuck this is like only the second time I have worn sandals outside, for shaaame for shaaaaaame :// <--TMI :|

Hope you finally find your perfect pair though! Ahh shoe shopping, why are you so haaaaaard D:

And we had ice cream again today, another scoop of blueberry-violet nnnnnnnnngh

[mcollinknight.livejournal.com]

Agh, I know. I got home and my sister had the EXACT pair of gladiator sandals I've always had in my mind and they were PERFECT and AWESOME, so I was all "where did you get those," and the answer was "Arizona." le sigh

mmmmmmmmmmm why do you hate me so, the caf ran out of popsicles like weeks ago, this is cruel :(

[kaiserkuchen.livejournal.com]

No chance you could magically switch em out with a similar yet inferior pair and hope that your sis wouldn't notice?? :P

MOO HA HA HA~ ......well at least you can rest assured that you will remain svelte and I will have to start eating salad every day after this Friday to counterbalance the orgiastic feeding frenzy of this week XDD (IF ONLY I LIKED TO DO SPORTS lolol this would all be so much easier)

[mcollinknight.livejournal.com]

Nay, for my sister is a giantess with Size 10/11 feet, and I am a lowly 8. Trust me: I tried :(

Not really, since I am eating Caf Food, lol - but I suppose the lack of cream headed straight to my arteries is something to be happy for. ENJOY, MOO HA HA HA HA.

[kaiserkuchen.livejournal.com]

Daaaaaang dude, I totally can imagine the pain your sis goes through wrt shoe shopping. If we go by US sizes and weird cuts, I am also sometimes a 9 1/2.

Caf food! Is it tasty? The cafeteria food in Uni Wien is SO NOXIOUS that we tried two times, got stomach problems each time and thus SHUNNED IT FOREVER MORE :///

[mcollinknight.livejournal.com]

Urgh, frack no. It's disgusting. And the last few weeks they've just stopped trying, and now there's naught but burgers and (some kinds of) pizza. Fun times. It's possible to have good - or even decent - caf food, but this university fails at feeding us. And it's bloody expensive, too :( :(

[properly-stored.livejournal.com]

I still hate you a little for Rome, because SERIOUSLY MOST AWESOME CITY EVER. Eat lots of gelato for me :p

Prague ♥ I need to go eventually because my aunt is doing her PhD there and I need to take advantage of the free accommodation while I can.

[kaiserkuchen.livejournal.com]

Will do! Lolol Carmen has already finished our itinerary, and we have multiple stops at the three most famous gelaterias planned, uhuhuhu FIG GELATO, HONEY GELATO AND MOAAAAR :DDD

Yesssss you must! Wander the awesome cobblestoned streets (in sensible shoes!), eat the glorious food! Be creeped out by the weird puppets on sale! :DDb