{"id":9987,"date":"2020-04-29T14:30:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T18:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?page_id=9987"},"modified":"2020-05-13T10:18:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T14:18:25","slug":"austria-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/austria-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"Austria: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Get creative<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Organize your art supplies and get to crafting. Consider painting the Alps, playing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pagat.com\/marriage\/schnaps.html\">schnapsen<\/a> (card game), or learning Beethoven\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CyTAZIuH_Lg\">F\u00fcr Elise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Need more inspiration? Check out these <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/search\/streetview?q=austria\"><em>virtual tours<\/em><\/a><em> of Austrian museums and more.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pick a film <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Watch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Austria include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Sound of Music (1965)<\/li>\n<li>Quantum of Solace (2008)<\/li>\n<li>Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Study some history<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Dive deep into the history of specific sites you\u2019ll visit on tour. Study the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/House-of-Habsburg\">Habsburg Empire<\/a>, their summer residence at Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace, or the life and work of Austrian composer<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biography.com\/musician\/wolfgang-mozart\"> Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Choose a book<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Read and discuss a book that takes place in your destination or describes the local culture. Pick from titles like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The World of Yesterday<\/em> by Stefan Zweig<\/li>\n<li><em>The Third Man<\/em> by Graham Greene<\/li>\n<li><em>A Sailor of Austria: In Which, Without Really Intending to, Otto Prohaska Becomes Official War Hero No. 27 of the Habsburg<\/em> by John Biggins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Fill up your plate<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Arrange a potluck and encourage your friends to bring a traditional dish from your destination. Know a chef? Hold a virtual cooking class with your travel group, or support a local restaurant that offers delivery\/take-out of your destination\u2019s cuisine. Try <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofaustria.org\/main-dishes\/2015\/3\/9\/bquso5vhjkl0uocs5s9ro5jr7ugl57\">k\u00e4sesp\u00e4tzle<\/a> (traditional Vorarlberg mac and cheese), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eFZpwsVCqHI\">kaiserschmarrn<\/a> (fluffy pancakes), or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daringgourmet.com\/semmel-knoedel-german-bread-dumplings\/\">kn\u00f6del<\/a> (boiled dumplings).<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Learn the language<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Call up a friend or set up a group video chat and practice your language skills. It helps to make flashcards with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duolingo.com\/course\/de\/en\/Learn-German\">common sayings<\/a> to use on the phone or throughout your travels (think about ordering at restaurants, buying souvenirs, and chatting with locals). German is the official language of Austria, but many locals speak an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bwBab2MRtuU\">Austro-Bavarian<\/a> dialect.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Snow globes were invented in Austria! Check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XKZ3EOPXShU\">DIY snow globe <\/a>you can make at home.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Meet Your Partner in Travel <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Laura has traveled to Austria three times in different seasons, spending most of her time in Vienna, Innsbruck, and on train rides through the countryside. She fell in love with the gorgeous views of the Alps, the local passion for music, the Baroque architecture, and the friendly people. Now back in the U.S., Laura relives her time in Austria by recreating the beauty of the landscape and architecture through watercolor paintings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get creative Organize your art supplies and get to crafting. Consider painting the Alps, playing schnapsen (card game), or learning Beethoven\u2019s F\u00fcr Elise. Need more inspiration? Check out these virtual tours of Austrian museums and more. Pick a film Watch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Austria include: The Sound of <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/austria-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9994,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9987","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9987"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10224,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9987\/revisions\/10224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}