My Europe Trip- Vienna

Now I can't really remember why we started with Vienna. I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Anyway, whatever the reason, we embarked from Portland, Oregon (Where had just moved all our belongings 4days prior), and flew almost halfway around the world to Austria with only a backpack each. We only spent a couple of days in Vienna, but it was great. Amidst wienerschitzel, extravagant cafes, various kinds of wursts, and a sea of Arians, we took in the higher points of the city.

The first stop was the Belvedere, where we got to bum around and old Hapsburg-era mansion and check out Monets.

From there we meandered over to St. Michael's church, which was built in 1147. It has since been added on to several times, though not since the mid 1400's. There I lit the first of many candles across southern Europe, and we climbed the 350 steps up one of the towers, and got a bird's eye view of Vienna.

Before we left, we went to the Haus Der Musik. It's basically the OMSI of music museums, which means it had endless rooms of crazy hands-on music sound exhibits with a Euro-punk vibe throughout. The grand finale of the museum, though, was Laura getting to conduct the Vienna Orchestra through a full piece. The orchestra was a recording on a huge projector, but it went faster or slower and got louder or softer depending on your conducting.

The next morning we hopped on a train straight into the Alps...