Happy Easter

A happy Easter from all the students and parents in Europe to the families in Wainwright. We are presently on the road to Vienna, Austria.

Immediately after leaving Poland for the Czech Republic, we were pulled over by the policia for a passport check. Thanks for the preparation of our tour guide Mario, we were back on the road in minutes. It is 10 am as we travel through the beautiful countryside of the Czech. The biggest challenge on the bus is to photograph the passing cemetaries which are decorates to the extreme with white and yellow flowers for Easter. We have seen deer, chickens, the odd horse and goat, but we have yet to see a cow; thus another challenge as we ride the bus to Austria.

We arrived in Austria and took a walking tour of the Imperial Palace of the Hofsburg. The amount of statues of Roman/Greek within the architecture in Vienna is amazing. Amongst the Imperial Palace was the infamous Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Mozart's home and St Stephan's cathedral (as you can see in the pictures). I am amazed how the Europeans are use to tourists touring thier churches while services (but not mass) was happening. With Easter weekend, all the churches were busy with reconciliation, rosaries and venerations. I think the students were in awe of the grandeur of the churches and beauty of the prayers in another language. I noticed quite a few trying to record the bells of the church, the pipe organ playing, and even the prayers in the background.