annie leibovitz.

German class today went well...we learned some more important grammar issues that we should have been taught two months ago. Oh well. Humanities class was interesting as well. One part of class, we discussed photography, which I never get tired of talking about :) . After class, the group I'm going with this weekend to Cinque Terre and Venice went straight to the train station to purchase train tickets. Since we're going to two Italian cities that are only 6 hours apart, the times we had hoped to book tickets did not work out as well. But no worries, we will still get to spend time in both cities! After that adventure, we walked back to the hotel to book our hotel in Venice, which took more time than we had anticipated because we were afraid if we didn't find a place inside the city center we would be wasting too much precious time. After finalizing our plans for the upcoming weekend, I went with Cari, Erin, Ricki, and Sarah to the Kunsthaus Wien to see the Annie Leibovitz exhibit. Leibovitz is one of the best portrait photographers in the world. She has been photographing well known musicians and celebrities since the 1970's. She is such an inspiration to me because I often shy away from photographing people as my main subjects, simply because it's hard to capture raw emotion. She, however is brilliant at my biggest photography flaw, which is why I tend to admire her so much.


After a few hours inside the exhibit, we went to Cafe Pickwicks to begin the process of studying for our Christianity in Visual Arts test. We talked through/discussed our notes for several hours, which helped all of us retain the information better! While there, I ordered a toasted turkey sandwich with cranberry jam for dinner (SO good). Also during our time at Pickwick's, I had to register for classes for spring semester. I'm taking 18 hours, which will be a heavy load, but I'm looking forward to several of my classes, including Intro. to Public Relations as well as Media Writing. We arrived back at the hotel around 9ish, and for the next few hours, I was able to have extended skype sessions with my sister and Reid!