Ponder, ponder

[feuervogel]

So, I ordered the Lonely Planet city guides for Vienna and Budapest a few days ago. They arrived today (I was pretty shocked, actually.)

Reading through the Vienna book makes me wonder if I'd rather go there for a month than Berlin, regardless of whether I can afford it. It's strange. I love Berlin, all the Cold War relics, and the Hohenzollern stuff and the former Prussia and everything. But since I introduced the idea of going to Vienna instead, my brain's tending in that direction. I admit to a rather romantic notion of Vienna, with the coffee houses and Opera and Habsburg relics.

I'm torn.

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[feuervogel]

sabeth also endorses Vienna; it's her hometown. It's just, I've never heard of any of theses places offering German instruction, and how can I be assured I'll get a quality refresher course? The Goethe Institut is highly regarded, you know?

I spent Christmas 2007 in Berlin (a week), and I <3d it so much. I'm a bit of a Cold War and Prussia dork, so.

The plan (somewhat convoluted) is for me to spend a month doing the language course, then kirin to join me in Vienna for our 10th anniversary trip (5.5 days in Wien, 1.5 days in Bratislava, and 5-ish days in Budapest, for a total of 2 weeks.) So I'll be going to Vienna regardless, just for a shorter time.