Vienna, Music Capitol of the World!

When we arrived in Vienna, we did some sightseeing from the bus with our tour guide. I was a bit out of it so I don't remember much, but we had some time to walk around the city and mostly see a few things and drink coffee. We did a bit of tour walking as well and saw some important music houses. Our tour guy told us all about the city and the buildings. We saw many Mozart houses including where he died, and a Beethoven house. We also saw the graves of Beethoven, Schubert, Shutz, and Brahms. In general there were so many music important buildings and sites, I cannot even list them all! It was just one thing after another.  Mozart performed here, this is the opera house, here is a museum, this is where Beethoven lived.  Another amazing thing we saw was the St. Stephen's cathedral which was breathtaking. Then we went back to the hotel, had dinner and relaxed a bit. It was a pretty chill day - like days off are supposed to be!

St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, Austria

The second day in Vienna, in the morning we had more tours - of the palace of the Hapsburg dynasty royalty. We saw Empress Elizabeth's palace which was enjoyable, except for the fact that she was obsessed with herself. Like no joke. We saw the royal treasury and I don't know if I have ever seen bigger crowns in my life. Or maybe even any crowns. We did other walking around the palace area since it was such a huge history place, then went into the city for lunch. We had some good food and then did some shopping. We went to H&M where we ran into a pickpocket, which made us all a little freaked. Thankfully I still have all of my belongings, but definitely was a little overcautious for the rest of the day. We shopped until we were too tired to keep walking, and then headed back to the bus. We went back to the hotel for dinner. After a short walk around Modling, we went to bed early.

Brahms and Shubert's Grave I think

The next morning, I had a cool moment with God before we left Modling/ on the bus leaving the city. I had a nice quiet morning to myself. After breakfast, I took my cup of coffee outside on the patio and read my bible in the fresh Austrian air. It was beautiful.
It was also beautiful because I read Psalm 82, which verse 10 says "Open your mount wide, and I will fill it." and in verse 16 it says "But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat and with honey from the rock would satisfy you." It was great because I realized how God is here to feed us and really provide everything we need, but we have to be open to receive it. This is the importance of entering every concert with prayer and opening ourselves to God. And the great thing is that God is not only providing our needs, but he has been satisfying and giving us things we enjoy. God has gone above and beyond in simply providing. He not only provided what he has called us to, but also has given us amazing experiences in these great cities and in wonderful host homes, and in times of rest. Even just the wonderful food has been a piece of God's overwhelming blessing and provision. Yes we are given food because we need to eat, but it has been in great abundance and great cultural different food.

Then I got on the bus that morning and right after journaling on Psalm 82, Dr. Walters shared that he found the Lord satisfying his hunger for things that were his 'favorite things.' The Lord was also feeding his soul, and satisfying him. It is cool how God unites his people by putting similar things on their hearts! God has been so good!