Day 6: they haven't fed us for five days, some of us have passed out due to dehydration. Nah I'm just kidding they feed us very well here. Today we started off by going to the Schönbrunn palace, which was Maria Theresa and the rest of her Habsburg family's summer palace. We toured the inside and saw some beautiful and diverse indoor decorations. Then we went out to the gardens outside, which were stunning! Next we got a nice bus tour of Vienna, did you know, that Vienna, similarly to Berlin, was cut up into four quarters divided between the allies after WW2? After our tour we stopped at the fruit and vegetable market to grab some grub. After our bellies were full we went to the giant church of St. Stephans. We climbed up the tower, which at the time I regretted but in retrospect it was a great excuse to skip leg day. After un-jellifying our legs we moved on to the museum of Art in Vienna, we saw some pretty cool paintings, we saw some pretty beautiful paintings, and we saw some pretty weird paintings too, but hey, that's art. Then we went to dinner at a nice little restaurant where we ate some sausages and potatoes. We finished our day by going to a classical concert at the Vienna concert hall, where listened to some beautiful music and singers, and watched some amazing dancers. Halfway through the concert we stopped for some drinks on the terrace (non-alcoholic of course, or were they? Nah they were, we're good little boys and girls over here). After the concert was over we returned to our hotels and rested our little heads preparing for another awesome European adventure tomorrow <3
-Tommy D.
On our very hot sixth day of our European adventure, the group again visited and toured the wonderful city of Vienna. We woke up and ate breakfast in time to depart the hotel at 8:30, and met Alfonso (Alfredo), the bus driver, who took us to Schönbrun not meet our tour guide. She led us through an intensive tour of the Schönbrun and then around the city as we did the drove along the ring road. We took a short pit stop to visit a very cool neighborhood designed by an artist. There were also a bunch of shops there to visit. Afterwards, we went to lunch at a large market in the city and had about two hours to get some lunch and a scoop of ice cream. I went to a Middle Eastern restaurant (one of many in this market) and I had a great sea bass with some assorted veggies on the side. The people watching was also very entertaining. We then walked to St. Stephen's Cathedral in the city square and got to walk inside and view the beautiful paintings. Then, some of us decided to walk up 343 steps to get a phenomenal view out of the spire of the church. At this point, we were all ready to take a nap because of how hot it was, and how much we walked. Walking up the stairs definitely didn't make us more energetic, but the views were definitely worth it. After that, we walked to the museum square and visited the art museum and/or sat outside in the shade for the remaining 2 hours of time we had. Then we rushed to dinner at Wiener Wald and ate a great meal of Wiener schnitzel with some Sacher torte for dessert. We rushed back to the hotel to freshen up and then most of us went to see some classical music and dancing performed by a small orchestra. The music was absolutely phenomenal and the dancing was very entertaining. They played many of the very popular classics and seemed to enjoy themselves as much as we enjoyed listening to them. Afterwards, we meandered back to the hotel and proceeded to finish our day with sleep.
-Jake S.
We started off by heading to the Schönbrun which was absolutely beautiful. It was like a smaller version of Versailles. The whole city of Vienna has very nice architecture which makes the whole city beautiful. We saw the city through bus tour and stopped off at this spot with a whole different form architecture that looked like modern art and really transformed the city into a whole different place for the part of the building that it took over. For lunch we stopped by an open air market and sat down at a really cool restaurant which was a Middle Eastern and European fusion and was really good. After that we got back on the bus and visited the St. Stephans Cathedral and climbed up this really tall tower to get a great view of the city. Then we went to the art museum and then to dinner. After dinner at the WienerWald in which we ate sausages and potatoes we went to the hotel to change and then we're off to the concert. At the classical music concert there were dancers and opera singers which were really good, but the highlight was the musicians who really got the audience into the music. It was quite the exciting day in Vienna.
-Dylan L.
