Students gather outside the breakfast room with their luggage. I greet them, ask them if they have their passport, and direct them to the bus outside Moore Haus.
R.A.'s Micah and Bryan give the thumbs up that all students have closed their windows and have left their rooms.
Dallas and Herr D show each other their passport.
The students finish boarding the bus 10 minutes early! They look ready for the Vienna experience. (The pair of eyes wide alert in the lower right corner of this picture belongs to Mac.)
Smiles from McKenna and Hannah as the group checks in at the Lufthansa counter.
Chloe withdraws money from an ATM before boarding. A line of students form behind her.
Info about our flight.
Laura gives me a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup while we wait to board.
The music scores for the compositions of Johann Strauss appear on a wall at the airport in Vienna.
Once we reach 4-star Hotel Mercure Wien Westbahnhof, the students eagerly log in to the hotel's free wi-fi in the lobby area.
I sit with several of the manly men in our group while we wait for our keys.
The students sign for their Wochenkarte (weekly pass for public transportation).
Dr. Lerner hands Jackson a Wochenkarte.
We take the subway to the Hofburg Palace. I appreciate the convenience and efficiency of subways.
A group picture of us in front of the Hofburg Palace, the winter residence of the Habsburgs, rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The group on the other side of the entrance to the palace.
The students listen to Dr. Lerner give the history behind the buildings they see.
Hitler stood from the balcony of this building in 1938 and declared the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany.
Many rooms at the palace.
A military figure.
A fancy roof window.
A nearby church lights up.
A sculpture above a fountain.
In the midst of old buildings, I see Starbucks Coffee,which appears in the lower right corner of this picture.
The students gather around Dr. Lerner who talks into a microphone attached to a portable amplifier.
The Nationalbibliothek.
Beyond these doors, visitors can climb a Baroque staircase.
A side entrance for the Nationalbibliothek.
The Albertina Museum.
Advertisement for an exhibit at the Albertina.
Advertisement for another exhibit at the Albertina.
Osterreicher means Austrians.
Kraft is Austrian.
The restaurant for our dinner.
Comfortable seating.
Striking wall.
Place setting.
An accordionist walks into our dinning area
and entertains us with easily recognizable music.
Herr D enthusiastically sings the lyrics for the songs that the accordionist plays.
The accordionist serenades Rachel.
When Lexi asks the accordionist if he plays dance music, he starts playing the chicken dance.
The students perform the movements for the chicken dance.
Locking arms.
More locking arms.
Swinging to the chicken dance.
The students dance to "La Bamba."
We ride the subway back to the hotel.
Alli and Courtney look like they have enjoyed the day.
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