Mariahilf

Apparently I will be living in a district called Mariahilf. I am pretty excited about it. It appears to be where the Esterhazy palace is located and a number of other things. For those of you who don't know, Vienna is broken into districts surrounding the original walled city. I will be in the first set of districts surrounding the city to the southwest. Map here:
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More information will come as I have time to read up on the area.

In other news I discovered an Alpine club aimed towards English speakers. They are a group that does climbing and hiking as well as social events. Perfect for me? I think so. I have tried to contact them but it being the holidays I have yet to hear back. Hopefully, things will work out. I also found out that there are quite a few climbing walls in the city including this one which is simply too cool for words. Now I just have to learn all the safety checks in German. :D

Fun Fact: The sport of rock climbing is das Klettern. The verb is klettern. (Thank you Chloe!)

Happy buildering!