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German was the first foreign language that
I learnt at school, and it’s safe to say that it
had me at
hallo
. Intrigued by the language
that has a far worse reputation than it
deserves, I decided to study English &
German at university, and as is conventional
for language-based degree programmes,
a year abroad was compulsory. After
completing my first year, I travelled around
central Europe, dedicating most of the
trip to exploring Czechia, Hungary, and
Croatia. 24 hours in Vienna was thrown in
as a convenient stop-off between Prague
and Budapest, but after spending less than
a day in the city, its charm had completely
won me over. In that moment, I decided to
embark on a journey that would trigger a
lot of awkwardly correcting people as they
asked what it was like to live in Germany,
and I chose Vienna as my home for the year.
Studying in Vienna
By Hannah Ward-Glenton