6/12/26 - Vienna Waited for Us
2:30 a.m. wake-up call this morning. Brutal. Four of my flatmates - Emma, Riley, Melody, and Addi - and I hopped in an Uber to Heathrow and my first weekend trip was underway! When we got to the airport at 3:15 a.m., we were greeted by a large group of (Scottish?) men in kilts camped outside of security who notified us it didn’t open for another hour and a half. We finally made it through security to the gate after Melody’s bag was flagged for her garage door opener (nobody knows why this was there), and we all passed out for the plane ride. Upon landing, we went straight to buy tickets for the S-Bahn into Vienna. The S-Bahn even has double-decker trains (with magazines, which I thought was cute). We grabbed a quick breakfast of pizza and coffee at Anker and headed further into the city to explore some churches. First, we saw the iconic St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Mozart’s funeral was held here): Next was St. Peter’s Church; its ornate ceiling was inspired by the Holy Spirit (peep t...