Guten morgen meine damen und herren.

After awaking yesterday with plenty of alcohol still in my blood and hungover like never before, we proceeded to Schonbrun palace.(forgive me I don't know how to add text edits). We took the Grand tour of the palace and stood amidst some of the most ornate and historical rooms in world history. One room being the room in which the young Mozart gave his first public performance made all of us feel awestruck. This palace was built to trample on Versailles, but the decline in finances halted the project and did not quite trump the french counterpart. Still who could notice! It is a massive expanse of land, gardens, the worlds first zoo, and 1400 rooms, with most having Gold molding, gold door handles, gold and silver thread beds even! We then went and ate at an Italian restaurant in which I had lasagna. All of us returned around 6 to the Hostel and we crashed, waking up at 9 minutes to 10! Today should be interesting for our sleep deprived bodies. Nonetheless it is fun and I would move here in a heartbeat. My german is improving greatly, and I can carry full conversations with most of the locals. More photos to come. 

Bierfest zwei tausand neun immer das Pub!

Wir haben eine grosse Bier! 

We spent yesterday at the Musik instrument collection of historical instruments obviously. Very cool. Then we had dinner at a Pub outside of town and gathered in singing songs and drinking bier. Afterwards we went out for a night on the town and stopped at an Australian pub...by the way, a quick word of advice for American visitors....do not ask "wo ist die Kangaroo" those are in australia, this is austria. Apparently its a problem and a joke with the townsfolk. they have shirts with pictures saying, no kangaroos in austria. We had a good day overall. I am for sure hungover and I have no problems admitting it. It was well worth the experience with friends. Who knew that bier would be the cheapest drink and wasser(water) would be just as expensive in some places as coca cola! In my apparent drunken state of mind, my german apparently improved as i conversed with several locals and my friends back home that are from germany. Alles gut! There is more music going on in this city every hour at every place we go, than in the biggest cities in america. And it is all devoted to haydn, mozart, or beethoven and several other notable composers. truly astonishing. 

today we take a tour of der Shonbrunn palace

Ach, Ich bin im Wien!

Hallo,

  Ich bin sehr gut und im der Hostel nach Wien. 

We arrived an hour and 25 minutes late due to a delayed take off in Washington. However, we arrived, dropped off luggage and immediately started our tour of the city. The Photos above are (top) Stephandsom Cathedral, being renovated. (middle) the hofburg palace grounds (bottom)me on plane to Vienna.