Day 46-Austria, Vienna

Today I experienced some incredible things. First of all, we went on a day trip to Melk where they have one of the oldest surviving monasteries in Austria. Besides an incredible view, I saw the most astounding baroque church I've ever seen. It was so ornate and the illusionistic ceiling painting was literally unbelievable. I had such a hard time distinguishing between painting and architecture!

I also saved a baby bird. It looked so helpless right in the middle of the sidewalk, I had to pick it up and move it. Good act of the day: check.

Another experience I had was unintentionally picking the party train. Let me just say, I've never been around more obviously drunk individuals in my life. Luckily, they kind of stuck to themselves aside from the fact they'd yell and toast every three minutes or so. It was a party.

Upon arriving back in Vienna, some of us decided to walk to the opera house where we watched some incredible ballet performers outside on a huge screen. It was pretty awesome!

Our last event of the day was held in St. Stephan's Cathedral, where we enjoyed Mozart's Requiem. The acoustics were amazing! I definitely reached my zen while listening and loved every second! There's a reason Vienna is known for the arts :D

Couple of things I've noticed about Vienna so far: 1) it's much less fast paced than London and 2) it kind of reminds me of Italy because of its countryside.

And with that, tschuss!