Nova Rock Festival

Sometimes you have to post privat stuff to keep the blog interesting (-:

Yippee! We're going to the Nova Rock festival which takes place on the 15.-17. of June somewhere in Lower Austria. So it is immediately after our Final exam. I guess you can imagine how relaxed I will celebrate there. I only hope that don't I mess up entirely and be frustrated then.

Ok, here are some bands I'm extremely looking forward to:
Incubus, The Killers, Mando Diao, Smashing Pumpkins, The Hives, Pearl Jam,...
I'm also looking forward to the definitely extreme and terrific shows of some rather strange bands like Marilyn Manson or Lordi. Well, I can't say I'm a real fan but it's definitely a unique experience. (-:

We're already quite a nice little group of young people who can't wait anymore to go to another crazy, unforgettable festival. Is anybody of you going there too? I think it's the best festival this year in Austria, well, as long as you like this kind of music, of course. Two years ago we were at the Nuke Festival in Burgenland which was absolutely awsome, even though it was raining half the time. It was particularely cool because Jovanotti was playing and I'm a huge fan of him and he really did such a great and unforgettable show.

Well, I will keep you up to date how the festival will turn out to be.

girls "meeting"

On tuesday evening we (hot chicks from SUK4 (-: ) had a so called "meeting" at the propeller. We confinded ourselfs to only speaking English. At first, I feared that it might not work out, because in this bar we were not forced to speak English, but my doubts were unfounded. We were all eager to discuss the weirdest topics in English and tried to help each other when somebody was lost for words. I think it was a good practice for our oral in May and above all we had a real craig, blast or whatever.

I hope that we'll repeat such an evening asap.

Here are some words we (or I) weren't sure of, which I looked up at home:

• Betrug: fraud - She was found guilty of fraud.
• unverbindlich: without obligation, non binding - The industry has signed a non-binding agreement to reduce pollution.
• Bürstenschnitt: crew cut - without an "s" (-:
• to have a crush on someone: to have a feeling of romantic love for someone, especially someone you do not know well
• Blase: bladder (don't ask what we were talking about)
• Blasenentzündung: cystitis (see above)
  

That's all I can remember at the moment. Next time I will take a notebook and a pencil (-:

ROM TRIP

Ok folks, here comes a little description with some nice pictures of our unfortunately very short trip to the ancient, absolutely wonderful and fascinating city of Rome.



Well, for all those who don't know my boyfriend yet: that's Grex, Gregor, Has (only I'm allowed to say that (-: )

Where should I start? Let's say I was absolutely fascinated from the very beginning on, altough at the beginning we were walking around like zombies, since we haven't really slept the first night. We went by night train from Bruck directly to Rom and didn't have a sleeper car and as if that wouldn't be enough, there were not 6 people in our compartment but 8, cause there were 2 children sitting on the lap of there adults. Well, to cut a long story short, we didn't get much sleep on this train.

But now let's move on to the sights of the city. Grex gave us the nice title of "sightseeing warriors", which wasn't really justified, since we actually avoided the crowds of tourists. If you're one of those crazy people who love mass tourism then go to Rom between Easter and the 80th's birthday of the Pope and I promise you, you won't be disappointed by too less people. No, honestly I've never seen so many tourist in one place and the queue were so long that you always thought there is something great for free - but as you can imagine there wasn't.

Anyway, I still enjoyed it a lot and here are now some pics:


It's a puzzle picture of the Spanish steps - where am I? Found me?
















The Peter's quere taken from the cupula. And in case you wonder: no, there are chairs in the middle of the square not people.



This is the Colloseum which was one of my highlights. We shared an audio guide and so it was even more interesting since we were informed about the background of this phenomenal building.


And may I introduce you the emperor Gregor the great. (-:



This was the only beer you could afford buying in Rom. Peroni, the great Italian beer since 1846. If you just ordered a draught beer you paid Eur 5,-- for a pint.
As you can imagine the big one was for the great emperor and the small for his little girlfriend.

And here am I throwing a coin into the Trevi Fountain to make sure to return one time to Rome.

All in all, I was not only fascinated by the unbelievable historical sights of Rome but. above all, by the life style of the city. I liked the bustling squares and the vivid manner of the Romans. I tried whenever it was possible to comunicate in Italien and they appreciated it a lot. When I was not trying to stammer Italian phrases, I spoke English, even with Grex. So at this trip I practiced my Italian as well as my English. How wonderful (-;

Rom-Trip

Yippieh, I'm going to Rom during the easter break for a couple of days.

I know this has nothing to do with studying English in particular, but I thought it's a good idea to write about my short trip (only 4 days) and use it as an opportunity to improve my written English. Grex and I are going by train, since this is the cheapest possibility. Since Italian is my second language and I've never been to Rome before, I can't wait to explore this ancient city.

Well, more about it when we're back, that means after the easter break, with a lot of new, wonderful and unforgettable impressions that I'd like to share with you.

First entry

This is my learning blog for SUK4 where I will record "my week in English" as well as other more or less interesting events or whatsoever concerning English.

Admittedly, I haven't any clue how this is working. The only thing I' able to do so far is posting, which is anyway the most important fact.

I'm confident, however, that I will find out soon how to use this tool properly.