The ice cream was OK ...very rich but not much on flavor. But hey, at 80 cents for a big scoop in a waffle cone, I won't complain. I understand most of the ice cream here (at least sold in shops and on the street) is from Italy, so for those who know, the flavors are what one finds at gellato stands in Rome.
After I finished my cone, I went to the big bookstore on the Karlsplatz and bought a book of German verb tables .... WOOOOOHOOOOO!!! Actually, the bookstore is great ... kinda like a Borders ... three floors ... and it even has a sizeable English language section. I considered buying a season of MASH on DVD, but figured I'm not quite up to humor idioms in German.
The Basilica Chorale sang the Mozart Missa Brevis in C last night. It was actually guite nice, and, well ...brevis. They deferred singing the Agnus Dei until during Communion, and it went longer than the distribution of Communion. There were probably a couple hundred people there. The Chorale was accompanied by the Basilica organ (very nice) and a string ensemble (also very nice). The Abbot's homily sounded like it might have been pretty good, but by that time of the day, my brain was shutting down.
Yes it's raining again today. When we get to class in the morning, we usually start out whining in our own languages, but then switch over to German... practice is practice. But I hear that it's supposed to be clearing sometime tomorrow and be nice for the weekend. We'll see...
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80 cents a scoop? Wow! In Alaska we were paying anywhere from $3.50 to $5.00 a scoop-endless to say that we didn't eat much ice cream.
We all hope it stops raining for you because we ALL are anxious for pictures!!!!!
Do German verb tables come with four or six chairs?
Trainer tip: Don't waste your calories on finishing crappy ice cream - pitch it and save them for something yummy!
Think sunny thoughts...but, carry an umbrella.
If you are looking for other options for caloric intake . . .
Its probably a bit too touristy but I do remember there being a cafe across from the glockenspiel(sp?) on an upper floor that had great coffee and pastries.
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