Better weather on Rathausplatz

After I've created an Excel-sheet for our fiscal balance and filled it out properly, I took a little walk to the Rathausplatz. I know, I've already been there yesterday, but today the weather was a lot better and of course, there were masses of people. The Edlseer, a famous Styrian band, performed their hits on the main stage and most of the fans sang along with them. The atmosphere was really good and everyone enjoyed the Styrian food and especially the different sorts of Styrian wine. After having strolled around for about two hours, I shortly dropped in at the office of Kleine Zeitung. Now, again a couple of hours later, I continue working on the translation of my website. As this "Steirerfest" goes on until Sunday, I'll probably pass by one more time. So, chances are good, that you'll see another picture of this event.

Kleine Zeitung on Rathausplatz

Hi, everybody! I just came back from a celebration on Rathausplatz. My company, the Kleine Zeitung, had rented a stand right in the middle of Rathausplatz. Business managers and representatives from Styria showed the beauty of their province in the heart of Vienna. The only bad thing about it was the weather - cold and rainy! Anyway, me and my collegues had a good time, drinking some couples of white wine (Muskateller from Styria). Maybe I'll go there tomorrow to make some better pictures. At least, the weather forecast promised no rain.

Income and Expenditure Statement - ugh, yuk!

René (not in the picture) and me, while working on his Income and Expenditure Statement. After we've questioned two officials in the tax office about the "how to do a tax return", we started working on it. But we soon found out, that there were still a lot of open questions and so we went to the secretary of our former bookkeeper. She told us more about it and we tried it again, this time with a little more know-how. Yet, I'm not too fond of working with numbers and accounts and all that stuff. It's always been my most hated subject in school and now I know, why. It's really boring! Anyway, I guess, we'll just have to go through it. Tomorrow's another day!

My visit to the doctor

Today I went to see the internist with the vague hope that he might take a blood sample in order to provide a firm diagnosis of my aching elbow, or at least send me to a radiologist. To make a long story short, he did nothing of the sort. He gave me the address of a neurologist and told me to go there and have my arm examined. Frankly, I have little hope that the neurologist will find out the reason for my pain, but at I think, I should give him a chance. Though the social system in Austria is quiet okay, it's nevertheless very complicated to get the treatment you're looking for. So, I'll just keep on wandering from one doctor to another. Maybe in the meantime my elbow will heal itself.
Guess, I've yammered on long enough. Now it's time for my Russian course. Gotta go!

Elbow pain - how annoying!

Again I'm working on the translation of my website, despite an aching elbow. Well, to be precise, I don't know exactly the reason for this pain, but fact is, that I've had this slight pain for about four months and now it really starts annoying me. So, I went to see the doctor this morning to find out what's wrong with my damn elbow. I expected that she'd examine my arm, or at least send me to a specialist who'd analyse my blood or someone who'd x-ray my arm. Well, all she did was prescribing me a package of anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving tablets. Maybe she thought she'd do me a favour, but come on, it's not even clear whether it is an inflammation or not. So, tomorrow I'll have to consult another doctor and I'm very curious what his diagnosis will be. I surley am not going to take any kind of pills without knowing against what!

Burgtheater / Vienna

After a two-hour-meeting with my "language-exchange-partner" from Spain, I took a little walk around the city, though the weather wasn't too nice. I decided to add a picture of our famous Burgtheater, which is situated on the Wiener Ringstraße. On the opposite side of the Burgtheater there's the Rathaus, which I'll probably add one of the next times. I've just copied the following information on Burgtheater from the internet and pasted it to my blog. Speaking Spanish at 11.00 a.m. on a Sunday is not so easy. So, I'm a bit "perezosa" (span./lazy)!

The Burgtheater was created on 14 March 1741 by Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa of Austria to be a theatre next to her palace, and her son, Emperor Joseph II called it the "German National Theatre" in 1776. After the second World War it was reconstructed. It is one of the most important German language theatres in the world. Three Mozart operas premiered there.

So, that's it for now. I'm just watching "how to play piano" on youtube and found some very interesting lessons.

Torturing the piano

I've just spent a lovely afternoon with my parents. You can see me sitting in front of the piano that my brother has kind of "parked" here for an indefinite periode of time. Well, at least until the construction works of his house are finished, though they haven't yet begun. However, after nearly 30 years of not playing piano, I gave it a try and guess what? - Right. It's been a horrible, discouraging and disastrous experience. I've forgotten everything! Okay, about time to admit that I never really knew how to play this tricky instrument. I started out with about 9 or 10 years of age and continued taking lessons for the next two or three years (don't remember exactly), but the point is that I never wanted to play by notes. I simply hated those boring Etudes and so I gave up far too early. Now, 30 years wiser and more disciplined, I'm willing to give it another try. I even found some pieces that I'd really like to play: Ragtime and Boogie. BY NOTES!!! So, that's one of the reasons why I didn't add an audio- or video-file of my "virtuosity", as you wouldn't notice that it is ragtime. Well, maybe the notes I play are really r-a-g-g-e-d, but certainly not in the scheduled time. So, please be patient!