This morning I woke up, prepared for a busy, busy day!
We had breakfast together, as we studied for our respective finals. Lilo made sure we were dressed well enough for the weather (rainy and cold), and we were out the door.
I split up from the other girls halfway through the subway ride, since I was meeting up with the music students to attend a Pentecost Mass. We found our way to Saint Brigitta's church, where we were invited by Wolfgang to join him up in the balcony. The mass was wonderful - Dr. Reisinger was absolutely legendary on the organ, completely living up to the standards we expected. The baritone we met the other day in class sang for the mass, was fantastic and friendly.
After mass, we took some group shots outside the church, and rushed to the subway to catch the next train. We panicked through our hour-long final, writing furiously and frantically trying to recall every bit of information we learned in these three weeks. Hopefully it went ok.
Wolfgang walked us to the subway station, and then to the place where we were all having our Farewell Luncheon. The food was delicious, we thanked the professors and Doc profusely, and we made plans for our last evening in Vienna.
After lunch, we went home to nap and pack.
We presented Lilo with our goodbye/thank you gifts. My housemates and I had pitched in to buy Lilo some wooden shoes from Holland, about which she got really excited. She sat us down with her friend, and the two of them showed us the pictures from their recent trip to Namibia.
Les Six (Abigail, Audrey, Allison, Meredith, Jessica and I) had plans to meet up at the subway station for Schönbrunn to see the Vienna Philharmonic perform with Lorin Maazel. Unfortunately for us, the busses weren't running on their normal schedule, due to the holiday. Hence, Audrey and I ran down the hill to catch the tram to the subway, getting to the station about 20 minutes late.
The other girls, along with Rebekah, were waiting there for us. When Audrey and I ran off the train, the whole group of girls greeted us with excited screams. Group hugs ensued. It was completely adorable. (Truly - it was one of my favorite moments of the whole trip.)
We walked through the cold drizzle to see the concert at Schönbrunn. The 7 of us pushed our way through the crowds to see the concert, making our way through crowds of Asian tourists, cute Austrian boys, and others. We stayed for the first piece, then decided once everyone started putting up umbrellas that it was too cold and rainy to stay longer. We pushed our way back through the crowds to the exit.
Les Six (Rebekah headed home) decided to hit up a bar we liked very much. We ordered drinks, had some more good conversation, and eventually said our farewells.
Audrey and I grabbed our last Vienna gelato from our favorite stand, and ran to the subway station so we could catch the last bus home.
We hit the sack, ready for sleep, but not ready to leave.
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