DAY #8 - VIENNA, AUSTRIA

JEN FOUND HER BAG . . . AND FINALLY HAS CLEAN CLOTHES . . . AFTER 7 DAYS!!!

Today we got to sleep in . . . I think that we are all getting used to this time zone, we are all enjoying our sleep and actually sleeping in!  We headed into the city to do some shopping and sight-seeing!  Some of us tried to rent Vespa's to go and check out the city! Bazz, Merc, Colette, Jess, Bug and Mr. Bug all set out on an adventure to find a Vespa . . . only to come up short! They were all rented out . . . when we caught up with the parents they were saying that they all prayed for us to be safe, and I guess they got their answer to their prayers = no scooters.  For any of  you who know Bazz and how she drives, that could have been a recipe for disaster!  Oh yeah, and some of us went to the Farmer's Market . . . lots of people, lots of different foods, mostly everything stuffed with cheese!  Also . . . I (Bug) was pick-pocketed by an old man with a cane . . . little did he know he just got a map, joke is on him!  

Tom and the girls 

Merc and Colette and the octopus

Niki, Cloee, and Kayla loving the market

How about them apples?

The girls with the opera people 

Coach and his wifey

Tom pondering about how much he loves the soccer team

Laurel and Mamma Glo

The girls in Vienna

Don't worry . . . we still have McD's . . . mostly we just use their bathroom, it's real nice, and free

Kayla being Kayla 

After we shopped and did stuff in the city we headed off to the big soccer game, FK Austrian Wien vs Wacker Innsbruck.  It was a good game, we were cheering for the home team, the purple guys!  Here are a few of my observations from the game:  1.  Think we all smoked a pack of cigarettes through the second hand pack 2.  Jen said she had the best hotdog of her life 3.  The girls said the hotdogs tasted gross 4.  They cage in the opposing fans, literally fence them off from the other fans 4.  Some guy took a lot of creepy stalker pictures of our girls 5.  They light flares and smoke bombs a lot . . . not sure how they could breath with the cigarette smoke on top of the flares and smoke bombs!  We had a great time!

The game

Jen and "the best hotdog ever"

Lindsi and Carlee with "the worst hotdog"

The game

Jennie and her dad, Tony

Nimmer loves the game . . . so does Jess and Bazz 

Yay for the purple team

All of us Cougs together

With one of the fellas from the purple team

Finally, we all came back for dinner and a night on the town.  Some of us ate at really good pizza and pasta restaurant in an alley others of us ate delicious hotdogs! We also ran into this guy who was singing in the city  . . . he was so so good!  Carlee and Lindsi also met some models and took some pictures . . . and then we finished the night off with a little devotional from Lo Anderson about being nice to people, it was awesome! 

Carlee and Lindsi with the model boys

This guy was AMAZING . . he was just singing in Vienna

Finally got some good hotdogs

Tomorrow we are headed to Prague, where we will shop, shop and shop some more!  First we will go to church and then do a fireside!  Check back tomorrow!

Special thanks to Rob Smith for most of our amazing pictures!!!!! Shout out to the SILVER FOX!!! 

Silver Fox, Anne and Mamma Glo

Silver Fox at his best 

DAY #7 – VIENNA, AUSTRIA

 Well . . . today is the first day we got to sleep in, most of us have been struggling to adapt to the time change, and have been getting up early . . . but for some reason, maybe it was the cozy bed, or the warm showers, or big hotel room . . . we all slept in today!  We didn’t leave until 10 AM, so we had plenty of time to sleep and eat a delicious breakfast of French toast, eggs, bacon, fresh fruit, and my personal favorite chocolate cereal! The great thing over here is that everything that is chocolate tastes good, and it has to be healthy for you because it tastes so so so good! 

Apartments in Old Town, Vienna

Apartments in Old Town apartments

Today we got dropped off in the “Old Town” of Vienna to go shopping, eat food, or to go sightseeing.  We had a few hours and some of us were able to see St. Stephen’s Cathedral, and St. Peter’s church.  St. Stephen’s Cathedral started construction in 1347.   St. Peter’s church is one of Vienna’s most beautiful and famous churches.  Emperor Leopold’s vow to build this church at the time of the plague of Vienna in 1679 and the church was completed in 1733, and the first structure was built in 1160. It burnt down in 1193 and it was re-build and then burnt down in 1258. 

St. Stephen's Cathedral

St. Peter's Church

Colette, Merc, Bug and Chris in Vienna

We saw the City Center, Parliament, the oldest building in Vienna, and went to Belvedere.  Belvedere was a summer residence for Prince Eugine of Savoy. 

Belvedere

Belvedere

Parents taking pictures of the gir;ls 

Merc and Stacy - Vienna

Vienna

We had dinner . . . not sure what it was, I think it’s called a Weiner Schnitzel, and it is made of turkey breast, fried in eggs and bread crumbs.  It was different . . . and we had some good kraut . . . well that’s debatable if it was good!  Then the girls, their parents and the staff went on the swings at the amusement park . . . it was so high, over 300 feet! It was really neat because you could see the beautiful sunset, and see all of Vienna!  

Girls getting ready to have lunch with Merc.  

Bug and Merc 

The swing at the amusement park

Stac and mom

The swing

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The swing

The question was can Carolyn handle the swing . . . 

Megan and Matt

Some of the parents decided to play bumper cars . . . Anne stated she loved it but she wanted to play soccer instead

Some of the parents were in the bumper cars . . . so so so funny! Hope Anne is okay after that exciting couple of minutes!

Then a handful of us stayed out to see the city of Vienna at night . . . it was amazing!  All the cathedrals were lit up, and the lilac bushes have come into bloom, it was awesome!

Vienna at night 

Vienna at night 

Carriage ride through Vienna

Tomorrow the Cougs are going to watch a professional soccer game, and will spend the majority of the day back in Vienna!  Thanks for visiting us . . . come back tomorrow!  Peace and Blessings!

By the way . . .  Jen still doesn't have her bag!