Vienna was just absolutely fantastic. We have had the great opportunity to see Ballet Onegin which was my first ever ballet. I do have to say that it was great to watch and also hard to watch especially if everything you have ever seen was just only instrumental or instrumental accompanied by vocals so it was interesting to see how the dance form showcased the opera version. Also, all I have to say is holy cow the Basson, Obeo, and Tuba players were just amazing!!
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| Looking down through the Vienna State Opera House |
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The view from our seats
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The second performance we got to see was the Haydn Philharmonie which to me was my favorite it was just amazing I haven't really ever had the chance to listen to and appreciate orchestral work life and I have to say that I probably won't hear another group play with so much emotion, passion, and understanding for a while. It was just breathtaking they performed Konzert für Violoncello Nr. 1 in C -Dur (Major), Hob. Viib:1, Sándor Verless 4 Transsylvnische Tänze and Symphonie Nr. 60 in C Dur (major), Hob. I:60,,iL Distratto". My favorite piece on this program was Sándo Veress it was just absolutely amazing.
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| Wiener Konzerthaus (Vienna Concert House) |
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| Nicolas Altstaedt Cello soloist and Conductor. |
For our last night in Vienna Ben, MacKenzie and I wanted to experience the Vienna nightlife. I have to say that it was absolutely amazing we went out to a few bars and then decided to walk around and find a night club. It was interesting to see that people in Vienna do not start parting until at least 2am unlike in the U.S. where we are all done and to tried to stay out at 2am. The club was super fun they only played American music all in English which was also another interesting thing to see about the Viennese people. After we were done was where the real fun began. We were sitting down by a bus stop just cathing our breath when this guy comes over and ask us to sit down. It was a little weird at first because mind you there are three of us sitting on this bench already. This guys name is Simon we start talking to him for about a few minutes. He asked us where we are from, what we are doing and he asked us if we liked NBA basketball. After a few more seconds all of his friends come over to us and introduces themselves (5 other people). They ask us if we wanted to hang and go to Mcdonals with them and we said sure it's only 3:20ish in the morning so why not lol. We walk to our first Mcdonalds and its closed so we decided to walk to another one which was not too far. While walking they started to ask us what we thought of their city, how where we liking it and if we where enjoying our time. Then something interesting happened. They started to ask us about the U.S. or people, our values, what we thought about our influence on the world and how they thought it was interesting that we would come all this way to study music when all they wanna do is go to the united states and study there. Something really interesting that I learned is that the males are required to do at least 2 years of full military service or 6 months of community service which is way different than the U.S. The second Mcdonals we walked to was also closed so we walked to another one which was also closed lol. By the time we all finally had a chance to look at the time after walking and talking for so long, it was about 5:30am. I honestly could have just kept walking and talking with them for many more hours but we decided to go back to the Hostel and get 3 hours of sleep before our 4-hour train ride to Prague. We had the chance to add them on snap chat and on Instagram so we are all planning to link up again and hang out on the 30th when we are back in Vienna. This honestly was one of the most interesting experiences of my life and it all happened because Simon decided to walk up to us and say hello. Just amazing!!
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| Ben, MacKenzie and I out an about in Vienna |
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