Thursday and Friday

So Thursday was a mix of events and adventures. First I had German class, where i had my midterm, which I think I did excellent on! After that i warmed up as usual and then headed to my accompaniment lesson. I worked with my pianist and worked out a lot of great things. After my lesson, I had some time to spare, so I practiced, score studied, and talked with some friends. After lunch we all headed to a festival master class with Sir Thomas Allen. It was really great! The participants were young artists with the festival, around 26 years old. So they were all pretty fantastic. He was a riot! He would just drop little funny lines here and there. Although he spoke mostly in German, we could still understand a lot of what he was doing. After the master class was over, we headed back to the dorms to chill and see what was up for the night. We then decided to hang out in what is known at the hostel as "the party room". It was a blast! It was about 20 of us from the program. We danced and talked and just had a great time. Then we headed out to a few pubs and really had a great time! We got in kind of late, so we slept in because on Friday we didn't have classes.

Today I caught up on sleep! It was fantastic, I feel so much better and ready to tackle the world. I practiced the opera for 2 hours today and found that i was much farther along then i was giving myself credit for. I have made schedule for the week and should be completely ready by friday. After relaxing and practicing, we decided to go out for a nice dinner and a few drinks. We went to this really fantastic austrian/italian/indian place...i know what your thinking, but it was yum! After that we headed to Murphy's Law and had a drink . We were all kind of ready to head in, but we stopped at a durum stand. If you have never had a durum, you haven't lived! It is literally the best thing i have ever eaten! We need these in the states! haha! After the durum we headed back and now i'm off to bed because we are getting up early to go to the salt mines and the fortress tomorrow, as well as a carriage ride around the city and watching a broadcast of La Traviata in the square. Ciao for now!
Living the Dream (for real!),
Lauren Frick