Today is our Friday...cause of the holiday 2mro. Which mean a 4 day weekend. Yesterday while we were playing frisbee we saw a lady walking her pet turtle in the park it was funny, and kinda odd.
Today we had our german classes again and we are all in agreement that one of the teachers just really like to pick on me...me well I'm not the biggest fan of that but hey I get lots of practice..lol. After class we walked to the residency office to become offical Vienna residents. Ahhh I wonder if they know what they jsut did...letting us all in. haha We then headed back to school to meet Prof. McFarland for the walking tour class.
We went to St. Stephans and got to do a audio tour about all the relics and such inside which was so great and very informative. Then we got to go into the CATACOMBS! WOOOOW! We were 8 meter under the cathedral which is 24 feet deep. We walked through the 2 parts of the catacombs which are called the old and new. The new was first, in that section they have the coffins of passed Cardinals then there was a Bishop room, Duke room, and a Habsburg room which is a very wealthy old family that the Hofburg Palace is named after because they lived their. We also saw internal organ jars..kinda odd but so neat. The best part of ever was the old part of the catacombs. Which had open graves/coffins so you could see the bodies. Right after you see the open graves you pass what they call bone rooms. In these rooms bones are stacked to the top like firewood. GROSS, but for some reason I had the biggest urge to wanna touch but no worries I didn't. :) Oh and the newest addition to the tombs was the Cardinal that past 5 years ago so still pretty fresh. It was dark and damp but so worth the wait in the line to see it.
The next stop was what else but dessert. Really what else do you do after walking through a bunch of tombs. lol We went to the oldest still in working opperation resturant in Vienna..Griechenbeisl it was built in 1447. This place was great not only for the taste buds but for the eyes as well. Everything about this place was just perfect.
When done with the sweets we headed over to the lds institute building. We hung out there about an hour or so before class. We had class in german and then we had dinner. We stayed there just hanging out till about 10pm. We played pool and other games, we also played the piano and sang hymns..what up we are so Mormon. haha While there I met the sweetest little old man. His name was Elde Gill and he was sportin' a BYU tie, which kinda made me happy it was like a little piece of one of my homes. Megan and I then went to the Rathaus which is city hall and took some pics..the buildings here just leave me shock that something so grand can be real. After doing that and getting over the awe of the place we hopped back on the U-BAN and came home.
So it is nearly 12:30 as in mid-night and I am not sure how I am still awake cause I am beyond dead tired. It has been a long and great day.
Some side notes..Dr. McFarland's daughter Maddie that is 10 has decided as of today that she is my new hip attachment..lol which is fine by me cause she is such a doll...and she can help me with my german since she has been speaking it simce she was about 3. lol Um....2mro we are going to a swimming hole type place to play around in the water...Friday is till open but Saturday we are going to a medieval castle which is the last one left in Vienna. While there they let you play with the swords and all those cool and pointy things. I'm so stoked for that really where can you say you got to play with armory stuff while in a castle?.
After today the only part of St. Stephans Cathedral I have not seen is the tower, which I will see before I come home.

I miss you guys all so much, I mean really it is kinda borderline silly..LOTS of LOVE <3
again i am dead tired so spelling and such may be very gross so sorry in advance :)