Stift Klosterneuburg

Today we went out 30 minutes from the city to get to Stift Klosterneuburg Monastery. The monastery is almost 900 years old, and was repeatedly the residence of Austrian rulers who each left their mark on the building.

 The Verdun Alter. Its 800 years old and depicts scenes from the old and new testament. the blue in it represents heaven and the gold represents the light of God.

Right outside the Monastery

Schonbrunn Palace

Schonbrunn Palace is beautiful. it has a total of 1400 rooms. and 100's of acres of property around it surrounded by gardens, mazes and fountains. It was  hot day until later on it started to rain really hard. it was nice to see rain and run though it. i have spent the whole summer without any rain.

with my pops! its great to spend time with him here!

A great view of the city right outside the Palace.

Hello VIENNA!

So i decided to spend a week in Vienna and visit my dad who is living here. I was tempted to meet up with a good friend that is traveling all over Europe but it just didn't work out. Austria has a total of 8 million people. 3 million of them are out of town at the moment. Its absolutely beautiful here. the people dress really well and most of them are really tall. there are many very tall women.

there were tons of mimes throughout the city center.

Goodbye Jerusalem

The other day was my last day in Jerusalem. I can't believe that its already over. it was such a great experience to spend 3 1/2 months there. My testimony in the Gospel has been strengthened so much. I have made such good friends there. It has been weird leaving because the whole summer i was told pretty  much what to do all day. People planned out my day for me and all i had to do was make it on time to field trips and to class. I finally can be alone or go somewhere alone. oh, the freedom! it feels great. I will cherish the memories i had in Jerusalem. They have made me a better person!
maybe one day soon i can catch up with the last month or so with blogging about Jerusalem. Maybe.