A Long but Great Sunday!

Here's a quick update, because I need to go back to German homework!

Yesterday was quite epic.  All of my roommates got up to go to mass at the famous St. Augustine in the Hofburg Palace.  Not all of them (and obviously myself) are Catholic, but we all were excited, as this church is known for having service with mass (as in the music) by well-known composers.  Yesterday, it was Haydn!  It was absolutely beautiful inside and quite crowded.  The music was great as well.  As for the service, for 2 hours I had absolutely no idea what was going on...a service I'm not used to, procedures I wasn't used to (when do you kneel on the bench anyways!) plus the whole thing was in German!  Regardless, my roomies and I are discussing church hopping every week.  There are so many wonderful churches that this seems like a great way to explore them.

After that we headed over to the wonderful Schonbrunn Palace.  My gosh is that thing huge and absolutely gorgeous.  My roommate Emily and I spent at least 3 hours walking around and there was still some things I'm sure we didn't see.  Afterwords, we headed over to the Rathaus to see a broadcasted performance of CARMEN!  Unfortunately I was so tired after a long day that I left after Act 2 (I tried so hard to stay for the whole thing!)  But after viewing that I cannot wait for the Oper to open!

Well back to homework.  Hopefully many more exciting things ahead!