All good things

[winter]

I'm almost done with my vacation - the train back to Warsaw is tomorrow afternoon. All in all, I think 7 days was an ample amount of time for Vienna, because I got to all the museums I wanted to, and over the past two days my feet have started to hurt a lot :)

To blog about in the next few days: photos (800 and counting), Tanz der Vampire anniversary concert, Rebecca (new musical by Kunze&Levay, starring Uwe Kroger, Wietske van Tongeren and the amazing Susan Rigvava-Dumas) and Die Fledermaus at the Volksoper. I think I can chalk this one up as a productive holiday.

Also, retroactive and advance wishes of very happy birthdays to: moustachios, artela, flamebyrd and shoiryu. Please forgive my Vienna-induced absent-mindedness!

(Oh, and met up with alighiera today for a few hours of musical geekage. And Melange and Apfelstrudel, which I'm starting to be addicted to. Can anybody tell me how to make Melange at home?)

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[carmentalis.livejournal.com]

The secret of the Melange is all in the beans. :-)
Secret granny recipe: take a fairly intense blend of coffee, brew medium-strength coffee out of it, and mix it with hot (not boiling!) milk in a ratio of 2:1 to 1:1. A bit of foamed milk on top, like with a cappuccino - the difference is that the cappuccino is a third each of coffee, milk and foamed milk. If you put whipped cream on top instead of foamed milk, you have a Franziskaner, if you leave off the foam you get a Großer Brauner or a Verlängerter.

[winter]

Now I think I'll have to experiment with various beans :) I think it's a good thing I'm going back to the strict diet with minimal milk allowed...