Tuesday

The weather for our last day in Vienna was perfect...sunny, mild and breezy. We had the morning free to finish up anything we felt we had left to do. We all scattered across the city, to the Belvedere Palace near our hotel, the Museums of Modern and Find Arts , a Toy Museum and the Catacombs under St. Stephens. One group debated a rumor involving a llama and a tram. We ate in Vienna's restaurants, cafes (where we had "the best muffins") and outdoor markets and I think most groups found time for ice cream at some point during the day.
Karl's Church, our performance venue of the day, was beautiful. Paintings covered the walls and the interior of the enormous dome. We had a rehearsal at 4 to get used to the performance space and discovered that it was freezing inside the church. For the Mass at 6 we climbed a spiral staircase to sing in the choir/organ balcony and performed from up there. The sound was amazing. After a short break and some quality chorale and bonding time we had our first major performanceba. It was pretty awesome singing in that church. Our voices bounced off the stone walls around us and our breath rose as we sang. I think months of preparation paid off and we each got a hug from Paul as we left the church.
Ready to relax after the concert, we all went off to visit the pubs, cafes and salsa clubs of Vienna. So a successful day in Vienna and not quite excited for getting up at 7:15 but ready to head off to Prague.