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rjw  ·  2673 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What's entertaining you this week?

I'm going to Vienna! My grandmother was from there (Jewish, left after the Anschluss) so I will of course take a photo next to her old house. I'm visiting a friend who is studying at the medical school there. I'm going to buy so much Lebkuchen and drink so much beer and have so much stodgy central European food like Gulaschsuppe, Sauerkraut, Blutwurst, Sachertorte, etc... This is also a rare chance for me to practice my German. I've been trying to warm up on Duolingo but it's too easy. I should read some German-language articles beforehand. After all, I will be arriving the day after the presidential election.