Schedule 2019

WALTZ WEEK (Feb 17-23, 2019):

  *Please Note:  The agenda below is working draft.  Given the number of activities to choose from, the schedule may be changed according to the group's interests & what is available locally.

Sunday, Feb 17th: 

• Doors to the "Some Like It Hot Ballroom" open, Meet & Greet!  12:00pm 
• Sechshauserstraße 9, A-1150 Wien 
• (Click Here for location and how to get there)
• Official Welcome, Orientation, & Introductions, 12:30 pm (Please be on time!)
• Opening Workshop with Ari & Christine, 1:30-3:30 ("Viennese Waltz" & "Quadrille, part 1")
• Lecture on Viennese Balls & What to Expect, 3:30-4:00
• Explore Vienna's Old City & St Stephan's Square, 4-6:00
• Welcome Dinner & Group Social, 7:00pm (Included with your Waltz Week package) 
• Restaurant Zum Alten Fassl, Ziegelofengasse 37, 1050 Wien   (PT info: near U4 Pilgramgasse)    **Please note the menu options for dinner at the bottom of this page.
• [Optional, After-Dinner] Rueda de Casino - Salsa, 9:00pm @ Selfie Latino Dance Club,  KrugerstraSSe 6, Vienna.  
  
  

Monday, Feb 18th:

• Morning Workshop, 10-12:00 ("Viennese Waltz", "Quadrille, part 2")
• Lunch, 12:00-1:30
• Afternoon Workshops, 1:30-3:30 ("Salsa", "Cha Cha", & "Rumba") 
• More Vienna City Fun, Schonbrunn Palace Tour,  3:30-6:00
• Dinner at Cafe Landtmann, 6:00-7:00, Universitätsring 4, 1010 Wien; Cafe Landtmann (near Rathaus U2, or Herringasse U3)
• [Optional, After-Dinner]:  Ice Skating at the City Hall building.  See details at: Rathaus Ice Skating (€8 to skate; €7.50 to rent skates, €3 to rent locker (fully refunded.  Prices are less for online booking))
• [Optional, After-Dinner]:  Salsa Dancing @ Salsa Bar Vienna, 8:30pm-midnight.  Albert Schweitzer Haus, SchwartzspanierstaSe 13, 1090, Vienna  (PT info, neat U2 Schottentor)

Tuesday, Feb 19th: 

• Morning Workshops, 10-12:00 ("Swing, parts 1&2", "Quadrille, part 3")
• Group Lunch & Social at Historic Bodega, Cafe Brezlgwölb, 12:30-2:00  
• Cafe Brezl Gwolb, Ledererhof 9, 1010 Vienna
• Museums, Hofburg Palace Tour, Opera House Tour, etc. 2-4:
• Light Dinner/Snack
• Special Viennese "Folk-Dance" Class, 6:00-7:30pm  (Details TBA at orientation)
• Alpenverein Austria, Rotenturmstraße 14, 1010 Vienna (PT info: near U1/U4 Schwedenplatz)
• Dance Exchange with Local Folk-Dance School (a real highlight!), 7:30- 9:30 with special instructor, Gunter Meixner
• Alpenverein Austria, Rotenturmstraße 14, 1010 Vienna (PT info: near U1/U4 Schwedenplatz) 

Wednesday, Feb 20th:

• Morning Workshops, 10-12:00 ("Foxtrot & Laminu" prep for tonight's dance)
• Lunch at Esterhazykeller (our favorite 600 year old Weinkeller), 12:30-2:30
• Esterhazykeller, Haarhof 1, 1010 Vienna
• Walking Tour of Vienna's Old Town, Ending with Coffee & Cake at "Damels" -- Vienna's Famous Coffee & Cake House (not to be missed!), 2:30-5:00
• Dinner at Quant Local Restaurant (TBA)
• Swing & Social Dance Exchange at the Shuffle Cafe, 7:30-11:00pm 
• Mi Barrio, Münzwardeingasse 2, 1060 Vienna 
  (PT info: U4 Pilgramgasse, or the bus stop at Magdalenenstraße)

Thursday, Feb 21st:  (FREE DAY For Exploring the Region)

• 9 a.m. Good Morning Coffee at the Hotel Sacher (home of the famous "Sachertorte")
• Hotel Sacher, Philharmoniker Str. 4, 1010 Wien, Austria
• [Optional]  Day hike through Vienna's outlying vineyards and lunch at traditional Biergarten (weather dependent)
• [Optional]  Day trip to Bratislava, Slovakia (an hour by bus)
• [Optional]  Cultural Event - Concert, Theatre, Kafe Haus
• [Optional]  Visit to Local Thermal Baths (Spa)
• Learn about Vienna's Thermal Baths
• Learn about Regional Hot Springs
• [Optional]  Dance Exchange with Local Ballroom School @ Tanzschule Watzek, 7:30-11:00pm.  Admission is €4 Euros.  Click Here for details.
• [Optional]  Other Dance Options:  Click Here to see a full & updated listing of social dances happening in Vienna this week   

• Morning Workshop, 10-12:00  ("American Waltz, parts 1&2")
• Lunch, 12:00-1:00,  group lunch TBA
• Afternoon Workshops, 1:00-3:00 ("Topic Determined by Group", "Quadrille Review")
• More Vienna City Fun, Schonbrunn Palace Tour,  3:00-5:00
• [Optional]  Dinner at the Palmenhaus "Café Brasserie Bar" on the Hofburg, 6:00-7:00
• "The Kaffeeseider Ball" 7:30pm - 4:30am (Saturday morning).  See "Ball" page for more.  (** Doors open at 7:30pm, the Opening Ceremony is at 9pm)

Saturday, Feb 23rd:

• Sleep in!
• [Optional]  Post-dance meet up at a local cafe near the Nasch Market:  12:00-ish
• [Optional]  Visit the Nasch Market, Vienna's largest Saturday Food & Flea Market (U-Bahn: U4 Kettenbruckegasse).  Lunch Onsite or at a Quaint Local Restaurant, 1:00-3:30
• [Optional]  Dance Kaffee ("Saturday Tea Dance") @ Tanzschule Watzek, 4:30-7:00pm. 
• Salzgries 12, 1010 Wien
• €3 Euros, Dance Only
• €5.50 Euros, Dance with Coffee & Pastry
• [Optional]  More fun and evening dancing in Wien!   Click Here for a schedule of options

POST WALTZ WEEK:  Sunday, Feb 24th  (Vienna)

• [Optional]  For those staying in town and interested going Swing Dancing, there is a lovely free DJ'd dance at the Cafe Leopold (Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien. U-Bahn U2 Museumsquartier) from 8:30pm-1:00am every 2nd & 4th Sunday.  Click Here for details from their Facebook webpage.  Click Here to see other swing opportunities in Vienna with the "Some Like It Hot" dance school

ROCK THAT SWING FESTIVAL: Feb 28 - March 4, 2019  (Munich, Germany)

• [Optional]  If you have a second week to spare for additional travel & dance adventure after Waltz Week, consider shifting into "swing" mode and joining Ari & Christine in Munich from Feb 28-Mar 3rd for "Rock That Swing", Europe's largest swing dance festival -- Not to be missed!  CLICK HERE to go to their webpage.