Horses + Palaces + Torte = Vienna

The one city outside of Italy that I knew I wanted to visit was Vienna, and I finally made it a couple weekends ago with Sarah, and I wanted to just let you know about it. This blog will be pretty short, because I'm just taking a quick break from studying for my finals (as much work here as in Wisconsin!), and I'll be seeing most of you soon - home in exactly two weeks from today! I can't believe it, the time flew by so fast...


So, highlights of Vienna for me:

• Sitting under a tree in the Hofburg palace garden.

• Attending a performance at the Spanish Riding School!

• Running through the hedge maze at the Schonnbrunn palace.

• Getting lost in the maze of Vienna's beautiful streets.

• Sitting next to a little woman on the subway, who talked to be in German the entire trip - I have no idea what the heck she was saying, but it was fun!

We saw so many amazing things, the palaces, St. Stephan's Cathedral, tons of horses, the City Hall, a Butterfly House, and the market. We enjoyed sausages, beer, and delicious torte. Vienna is kind of like New York City - it's lively, crowded, and modern, yet you can turn a corner or come up from a subway stop, and there will be this incredible and historical building in front of you. It's a little bit of everything.

Well, I'm going to tackle some more of my study/to do list right now. Finals, here I come....

*I've also put up about 30 pictures on the Flickr website if you'd like to check it out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mia065/