High Mass and Oberlaa

Sunday.
I got to sleep in some. It was very very nice. I got up around nine and went down stairs to eat, which is always good. Afterwards, I went to shower and get ready. As a group, we walked to the St. Augustine Cathedral which is on the edge of the Habsberg quarter but closer to the State Opera House and to my school than expected. The high mass started at eleven and we arrived at ten fortyfive and it was still packed. There were no seats and we were preparing to stand the entire time. But a man came and led us down to the front of the altar and around the corner we realized where he was taking us and we were nervous. We were seated behind the altar, between the priests' seats and the altar. I was a little scared because I felt like I was in a holy place and that if I messed up the priest would use his good connection to smite me down or something bad. During the prelude and during the beginning of the mass they had a choir singing and an orchestra that was playing classics like Mozhart and such. The cathedral was made in the gothic style and had the perfect architecture for the sound and music. It was soo beautiful but of course somethings were lost in translation considering I have only been taking german classes for two weeks at this point. I really enjoyed it though.

We have a Bible test thursday and a German test friday but we get to leave for Italy on this Saturday. I am very very happy about that. We will be there for ten days and we will see Rome, Florence and Siena. I have been learning about Catholic history, traditions, and religion throughout history. This trip will be very beneficial to both of my many classes with the Prof Hortons.