Well first of all I was informed by another Humanities student that we still had to blog over mid-term break, which scared me first of all because I was worried that we wouldn't always have internet. Then I was also worried because we were supposed to have blogged exactly every 7 days according to her. I was under the impression that we just had to do it once a week, but not necessarily exactly 7 days or less between....so hopefully I've done okay so far.... As for the internet, I have not seen any internet cafes so I am dependent on the hotels and the nice people who let me borrow their laptops! So to post this blog we shared the cost of 15 Euro internet...yikes!!!! Then I guess the website comes up in German at first....hmm, this definitely isn't my strongest or second strongest language!!!
But anyways, Europe has been absolutely amazing and breathtaking!!!! I've loved every moment of it!!! My favorite part was definitely the castle that me and a couple other girls hiked up to in the city of Salzburg. It was a long walk, but was definitely worth it to get the magical feeling of being inside a castle with a awe-filling view of the city and the mountains! Throughout the trip we've seen so many cathedrals and beautifully built buildings. It always seems I'm looking up at the gorgeous artwork above. It also seems extra magical and cool singing our songs in the atmospheres of huge churches and cathedrals! The goosebumps I got didn't just come from the extremely cold temperatures inside the churches! We also got to go to an opera last night and then saw a choir rehearse at a musical high school today! Then at supper tonight we even got serenaded with music by a violin and an accordion player....music is everywhere! Along with the delicious chocolate torte of Vienna that I've gotten to sample twice today....sigh....everything is so delicious!!!!! Sometimes it seems that everything is better in Europe....except for the air totally ruined by cigarette smoke!!! If you're wondering where we've been...we've been to Prague, Czech Republic; Cesky Kumlov, Czech Republic; Salzburg, Austria; and Vienna, Austria.
For stuff we've covered in class...there have been a few mentions of Renaissance architecture and that time period. Even though we didn't see any of the artwork we've looked at in class, I have definitely found that whenever you look at art in person, it is that much more phenomenal! In the architecture realm, one Renaissance thing pointed out was called some sort of graffiti art on the side of buildings. It looked like things were tattooed on the side of the building. There was so much history mentioned too...today, the Black Death was even mentioned when we saw this statue in Vienna.
Well, we're off to our last stop tomorrow....Budapest, Hungary....another castle!!! Yeah!!! I'm not sure if I'll really want to come home after all of this!
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