Vienna meeting
Posted by baahar | Filed under Uncategorized
Here is the report of our meeting with Swee and Vadjutka upon request from several EST members:
A while ago Swee informed me that she was planning to come to Vienna for her 23th ( !! ) birthday. As KreativLink is living nearby and I’m already here, we thought a meeting would be lovely. Vadjutka was going to join the party from Budapest (3 hours by train). Unfortunately KreativLink got a cold the day before and couldn’t come.
On that day it was cold … VERY cold. I picked up Swee from her hotel and we headed to the Mariahilferstrasse (major shopping street), which we had to walk all the way up to the train station to meet Vadjutka.
As the train rolled into the platform, I was concerned whether I would be able to recognise her or not. Then the train stopped and lo and behold, in the wagon that stopped right in front of us, a girl … waving and smiling … with a camera hanging from her neck =) She started to take photos right away, giving me an excuse not to take many pictures and leave that to the professionals =)
From the day it was certain that Swee would come, I wanted to take her to Bortolotti. My favourite ice cream parlor on the planet. So I made a reservation for the first time in my life. When we settled on our reserved places, it was pressies time. Vad and I brought along some birthday presents for Swee and she surprised us with Christmas presents =) Her workmanship and eye for detail is just amazing.
My presents from Swee ... she spoiled us rotten indeed =)
Vad's presents from Swee
Swee with her rings from Vadjutka
After those lovely moments we ate sandwiches with Italian names …
but in reality I wanted to skip that part to order ice cream … asap. I showed the girls the pics in the menu card to get them drooling. But in the end they said that they are full !! Unbelievable but true … I mean there must be always space for some ice cream, right? I was feeling that this moment was a significant one with regard to the way I see the world.
Apparently the world was divided into two sets of people: those who have space for ice cream … and those who have not.
My ice-cream cup captured by the talented Vadjutka :)
I ended up being the only one eating ice cream, while the others waited for me to finish. Hopefully I can go back with KreativLink one day to enjoy a large cup … TOGETHER … not alone … not all by myself *no pun intended whatsoever* =)
After that it was time for me to go, because the time for midday prayer was about to run out and I had to reach home before that. Then I thought I could stay a little longer and guide them at least to the Naschmarkt, if only I could go to a clothing shop with changing rooms to pray there … secretly =)
Unfortunately there are not that many shops at this end of the Mariahilferstrasse and Vadjutka wanted to go get some beer for someone as a present, from a special brewery nearby. She didn’t know the exact address, so we didn’t know how long that would take. We had to make decisions =)
She, a Jew, said “first the prayer, it is important”.
Me, a Muslim, said “let’s go get the beer”, because I didn’t want her to get lost. I think that was the first time ever I said that … probably the last time too =)
Finally we decided to split up. She went by herself and we went to find a suitable shop with a changing room. The first one we found was for men clothing only … so no chance for me to pretend trying out something. The next one was ok, we went in, I picked up a cardigan, said “oh that’s nice, let’s try that out” and headed right to the changing room. Relief !!
We met Vadjutka again at the Museumsquartier and went to a small shop with very diverse items. Among other things the “giant microbes” . After that I lead them to the Naschmarkt and left them with a hand drawn map of the places they had to go next … I hope it was helpful =)
To sum it all up: it was a lovely day. I hope we can meet again some time, some place …
15 Responses to “Vienna meeting”
Leave a Reply
baahar on Etsy
Sleevy – for gadgets
Tags
December 25th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Sounds like a wonderful day, wish I could have been there too!
December 25th, 2009 at 9:45 am
What??? They did not eat ice cream!!! Such a shame … Well, wait until the two of us are there. We skip the sandwich part and have a three course ice-cream feast, yay! :)
December 25th, 2009 at 9:47 am
I wish I could have been there, Sounds like it was a great time :)
December 25th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
yes !! let’s skip the sandwich part !! :)
December 25th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
hahaha!
what a fun reading!
thank you so much for sharing!
December 25th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Wow
what a lovely meeting!!
December 25th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Oh that sounds like you really
did have so much Fun together:D
I would haved some space for Ice Cream and I never
say no to Presants:) That means
I would haved love to Join you!!!
December 27th, 2009 at 12:25 am
It was a good write up, and detailed, Baa. :)
Hahahah! I was the one saying the “Fart” word and Judit got super excited with it and she said out loud. How funny and that was a great one! :D
December 27th, 2009 at 1:04 am
How lovely for you to meet up and spend the day together! Belated Happy Birthday to Swee :)
Baa, I am definitely with the “always place for ice-cream group” … and the “always place for dessert group” … and the “always place for chocolates group”!!! lol
December 28th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
hehehehe, indeed it was a great day! :-)
thanks Baa for this detailed report! …I will make mine soon :-)
hugs!
December 29th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Oddly enough, I find it difficult to eat ice cream when it’s cold outside (even if it’s warm inside)…but I wouldn’t have skipped dessert though ;) I can eat waffles, pancakes, cakes when it’s cold :D
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Sounds like a great day :) The gifts look great too!
P.S. New visitor here – All the best for 2010!
January 7th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
What fun to meet. It depends on the ice cream as to whether I would make room for it. This looks like one I would make room for!
February 5th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
I always have space for ice cream! :)
June 1st, 2010 at 12:51 am
hehehehe, indeed it was a great day! :-)
thanks Baa for this detailed report! …I will make mine soon :-)
hugs!