We radiant Americanness....

Here is what I have been experiencing in this incredible city for the past week...

Here is Elysse and Lindsay in our beautiful hotel room that we stayed in our first night.

...and in the hotel there was a Lizzy McGuire movie! Had to take a picture!

Naomi and me in the Strassbahn..

Stephansdom

First day of school picture!

Our amazing garden.

Rauthaus.. it is right by the LDS institute. 

Love this picture! 

WE HAVE AUSTRIAN FRIENDS... or at least one and a Asian friend who lives in Scotland.

Our favorite Austrian treat.. coco carmel Manner! 

Amanda, Elysse, and I in the Wien Museum on our first class excursion. 

I love that this is what I first see when I get to school.

Ubahn! Love it!

Prater park! Has the perfect old carnival feel... We went on two rides. First the BLACK MAMBA. It was probably the freakiest ride I have ever been on... but I LOVED it! Elysse and I are with our new friends Oliver and Lucas.

The next ride we went on were swings that went about 300 feet high. This was my favorite thing I have done in Vienna thus far. It was incredible to see the city at night. It was completely unreal. Thanks to Buck! (He highly recommended this.)

After we went to Prater we got the best ice cream I have ever had. Oliver recommend the best flavors, momo and Mozart. And I added in Grapefruit. We are quite obsessed with ice cream... We had a grad total of 4 ice cream stops in the total of 8 days.

After we got our ice cream we walked through the inner city. This is when I would say that I fell in love with the city. It was absolutely beautiful. Like a dream...

For our first Experiencing Vienna class we went on the oldest ferris wheel. This is also in Prater. It was so fun to go with the whole group and experience Sister Minert's fear of heights. 

Institute class on Wednesday nights.

Our nightly city walks. Oliver and I striking posses! 

In front of the Hofburg Palace.

Oliver got us free tickets to a European Volleyball final, Finland vs. Italy. It was a party.