Sunrise in Linz

Having a coffee at 8 o'clock in the morning in Linz not always has to be a grey experience. There are days in the winter time, when the Sun's energy reflects in a fabulous way. Despite of a low temperature (about -6C today) I took a camera and I went to our balcony. The sight was captivating. I took three pictures with manually set camera (ha!) trying to "seize the day".

The view from our balcony

I love the kitchen's balcony. I enjoyed a lot having coffee there when the temperature was Celsius positive, but today, after three pictures, I could feel my fingers burning.

In the center of the photo, up on the mountain, there is Pöstlingberg-Kirche the pilgrimage church on the Pöstlingberg hill. Here is its close up:

Pöstlingberg-Kirche

Second "special building" that can be seen in the first picture is Linzer Mariendom. It is the biggest cathedral in Austria, however, not the highest. Due to past Austria-Hungary conventions nothing could be taller than a South Tower of the St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. It's beautiful anyway.

Linzer Mariendom

Have a nice, sunny day! See you soon!

Der Wissensturm

Very, very nice name has one of the highest buildings in Linz - The Tower of Knowledge. Really great place - full of culture and potential. It is located close to the Hauptbahnhof and... 10 minutes of walk from my house.



Der Wissensturm holds many cultural and scientific programs targeting almost everyone. There are University for Adults Volkshochschule, big City Library Stadtbibliothek, Learning Center LeWis and more.

I am really looking forward to the 2011, because on 17th of January my German language course will start. It will take place in The Tower and it will be very intensive. Four times a week for two hours. It's the most basic A1/1 level. Didn't I have German for seven years at school? Scheiße. Maybe I'll take the A1/2. It costs 198 euro for 3 months.

And there is a fast elevator! Watch that! (sorry for the Linz Weather)



There are some buildings that can be seen from the elevator's window: Hauptbahnhof (with OBB), Bundesministerium für Finanzen (the higher one on the right) and Landesdienstleistungszentrum (yeah!! just spell or pronounce it!!)


Hauptbahnhof - The main train station


Bundesministerium für Finanzen - Federal Ministry of Finance


Landesdienstleistungszentrum - Administrative Services Center

I know, photos are grey. This is not Spain. I'll try to make more sightseeing photos when the weather gets better.

My flatmate says that winters in Linz are grey and cold... she is right. I smile anyway :) Aufwiederschreiben!

Free furniture

I needed my space in our room. I had brought some stuff with me to organize a little "Corner Office", but as it occured it was not enough. I needed two crucial things: a desk and a chair.

Where to look for furniture in Linz? At first I thought about the easiest (but the most expensive) solution - buy it. Hmm... not so clever!

It is absolutely normal in Linz that people give their furniture for free! Of course it is not brand new, but I "do not look a gift horse in the mouth". Nevertheless its condition may surprise.

We got our new desk (which cost aprox. 69 euro) for free, because we posted an annoucement on the Anton Bruckner University mailing list. German girl told us that "the desk is not in the best condition and it was in the basement for a long time". I was a bit alarmed while penetrating the one of the unfamous austrian basements, but nothing happened. The standard in Germany must be different that the Polish one - as you will see on the picture the desk is just great!

We transported the desk with Asia (strong girl she is, indeed) to our 500-meters-away-spacious-room. Both very happy, wanting to celebrate it, we headed toward the McDonald's restaurant to compensate ourselves for the effort. Being very close to McDonald's it stood in our way! A beautiful abandoned child of the furniture fashion. The armchair. For free! :)



This is how my little corner (and our room) evolved. Wonderful. Now I can do programming all day. On the left you can see the city plan. The plan is the key.