Day 6

Vienna, Austria

It is a tad colder here in Austria, but the men were able to withstand the cold with just a t-shirt and shorts. We had to be ready in the lobby at around 9:45 this morning and from there we took a tram to Museum's Quartier. This is a very historical place where some of the buildings were built in the 18th and 19th century while there are even some buildings built ten years ago. This mixture really spices the Quartier up and makes it a beautiful place to be. An example of a building built in the 18th century would be the 400 meter baroque facade.

Hofsburg Palace

 We saw the Leopold Museum; this is a place in terms of coloring, which symbolizes the consoldiated history of the Leopold collection, the white limestone paving of the courtyard forms a single unit with the facade. After seeing this we traveled to the Hofburg Palace. The palace was very beautiful with elegant designs and when it was in use there were thousands of people living there. All of them servants to the queen at that time. We then walked past the entrance of the Palace and entered an area called the Sattlerhof which was built by Empress Sisi. It used to be used as an octagonal circus riding hall, but today it is merely a library. In the Palace area we watched the The Hoch and Deutschmeister Band perform. They perform there every saturday and many people show up to watch.

Leopold Museum

We then saw a whole bunch of northwest alumni whom were in Vienna also. What a coincidence! After a few B-E-A-R-C-A-T-S chants we headed to the Golden Quarter. This area has some of the most expensive stores in the world hence the name Golden Quarter. We went inside some of the stores but they all seemed to be out of my price range. This concluded our tour for the day. After our group split up to find restaurants, we went to some random place in the market where I made the decision to get a burger; a decision I have made almost everyday here in Europe. We then headed back to our hotel and I took a long nap and prepared for the night. We ended up having a great night and I concluded that Austria is better than Budapest.

Conner Dodge Crooker