Catacombs and Schnitzel

My feet are definitely sore after two days of walking miles over the city. Vienna is truly as beautiful as everyone says. The architecture is lovely and very ornate. And there is so much to see and do!

Yesterday we met out host families. Melinda and I met ours, Frau Greneville, early in the morning. She couldn't meet us that evening because she had to attend a funeral. We lugged our bags up three flights of stairs to our temporary home, which was a relatively simple, small apartment. Our room is cozy, rustic and antiquated. On the wall hangs two portraits of Emperor Franz-Josef and his wife Empress Elisabeth. We have two large wooden wardrobes, two desks, a bookshelf full of German books and a rustic looking piano.

Frau Greneville is an older lady, with sharp features and dark brown hair streaked with grey. She speaks very good English. In fact, she speaks nothing else to us. Melinda and I are going to have to ask her to speak only German. She is babysitting her 10-month old granddaughter Allisha for her daughter who is on vacation in California. She is such a cute baby. Whenever she is in the room, Melinda and I stare at her and she stares back.

Today we took a tour of St Stephan's Cathedral. It is a beautiful cathedral. Our tour guide was really cute ;). Everytime he said something even romotely funny, you'd hear all the girls (including me) giggle. The most fascinating part of the tour was the catacombs. I've never been to a catacomb before. We saw actual skeletons from the 1600's and stacks of bones and skulls. I REALLY felt like Indiana Jones!

Tonight we're going to Schnitzelwirt, which is called Herb's by Americans. They are supposed to have really good, and relatively cheap wienerschnitzel. Tchuss!