Good-bye Vienna

It is time to say good-bye to Vienna. It has been a wonderful four month experience. We have walked miles exploring every corner of this beautiful city. We have been able to share experiences with our students and with family and friends that have come to visit. We have been able to also venture outside the city and into neighboring countries and what an experience that has been. It is now time to say good-bye to Spittelauer Platz and head on to new adventures.

Good-bye little kitchen. It wasn't often that Tom and I shared you alone, but this is proof that it did happen!

Good-bye Happy Noodles...we shared you with our family....

...and we enjoyed you when we were alone. You were a temptation on Sunday since you are where we met the street car to go to church!

Good-bye ornate buildings that almost became 'common' because they are on every steet.

Good-bye to all the fun little side streets and 'passages' we discovered.

Good-bye St. Peters Kirche...you provided some beautiful musical concerts for us.

Good-bye Schoenbrunn Palace...my favorite place to take visitors and to just hang out. This picture was taken from.... ...the Gloriette, which was built on a hill behind the palace so Maria Theresia had something more interesting than a hill to look at!

Good-bye Wurst Stand...you weren't my favorite place but Tom and Matt's family loved you!

Good-bye Belevedere...your art gallery was my favorite.

Good-bye to the LDS Institute and Brother and Sister Wade. Thank you for being a fun place to meet and eat. Good-bye to more fountains and statues than I could possibly count or keep track of. Good-bye Austro-American Institute of Education where we attended classes. (Someday the face-lift will be done and the construction materials removed from in front of you)

Good-bye St. Stephens...I have studied the inside and outside of you and you are inspiring!

Good-bye Mozart...I loved your candies, where you lived, where you performed and everything you touched in Vienna and surrounding areas! Good-bye bakeries that are on almost every corner, you will miss us!

Good -bye McDonalds that I said I would never eat at even if it was right by my apartment! (I had to 'eat' those words!)

Good-bye Franz Joseph Bahnhof that was right by our apartment and contained our favorite grocery store, the Billa, and McDonalds.

Good-bye State Opera House that I walked by everyday I was in Vienna!

Good-bye Central Cemetary with this amazing chapel.

Good-bye to fixing Sunday dinner for 18 very hungry people!

Good-bye fun students.

Good-bye Sacher Torte and hot chocolate. Good-bye Japanese tourist....They know a couple of cuties when they see them!

Good-bye funnest ever Christmasmarkts.

Good-bye beautiful Christmas lights and snow storms.

Good-bye Vienna...but hello Munich, Paris, and London!