Viennese things!

Well, the long trip from Prague to Vienna was a success. The countryside was much prettier with the sun out, and the snow was gorgeous! We've now been in Vienna about a day and a half, and I'm really enjoying the stay. Here are some cool things we've done so far:

--We ended up in a really nice hostel that actually has wifi in the rooms!

--We went into St. Stephen's church and saw some amazing gothic architecture.

--Then we went on a tour of the catacombs and saw REAL DEAD PEOPLE. It was so cool! The crypts we've visited so far have been all gravemarkers and no bones. This one was almost all bones - ossuaries and mass graves from the plague era. And it was only a tiny fraction of the graves beneath the city...it's so odd thinking you're essentially walking on ten layers of dead bodies everywhere you go in these old cities. We also saw the urns where the Hapsburg family have their internal organs cased in alcohol.

--We climbed 343 steps to the top of the highest spire of the church...and I didn't pass out! :D

--We found a 24 hour doner/kebap kiosk right outside our hostel that makes delicious sandwiches.

--We went to this super awesome interactive music museum called the Haus der Musik and played with soundwaves and layed on a vibrating floor in a womb-sound-simulation room.

--We toured the city with a great tour guide, learned a lot about the history of the church, and saw all the relics from the old royal family in the palace.

--We heard Erin Gee's Mouthpiece 20 and Brahms' 4th all in the same concert...which was...interesting. I'm not sure what to think of the Gee piece and can't begin to describe it. Please google it, and be perplexed with me. There was clicking and booping and a mime and a weird projection with moving furniture in a forest.

Here's to another two days, two concerts, and more fun in Vienna before we head home!