would you believe that i will be at the viennese hofburg tonight wearing a borrowed suit jacket and joining a bunch of weirdos in smokings and costumes which normally gather at lectures about electrical engineering or construction statics? well, although i can't pair dance at all and probably will be looking like a crooked picture from the 7ties with my fat blue tie, i was persuaded to attend the "ball der technik", the annual ball of the technical university of vienna! – provided the bouncers really let me in.

i must have been either quite exhilarated or pretty sleepy at that morning of my consent...

i think i'll take my el cheapo camera with me and some pictures (as crooked as my look) back home for alo.

update: the bouncers made me buy a bow-tie because a simple tie was against dress code (probably a symbolic act of schüssel nostalgia). but this was just a short bothering intermezzo. it did not stop monika and me from getting into the ballroom blitz. inside, we met matthias, one of the platzer brothers.

being my first viennese ball it was a really fascinating experience. wondering about all the hidden choreographies of such an event (not only regarding the dances) i spotted some very beautiful dresses.