Tuesday morning began earlier than usual, as we were requested to attend breakfast with the Lowery's before leaving for classes for the day. President Lowery came to our school soon after to have a Q&A session; besides offering some Godly wisdom, he also informed us of some recent changes that have been occurring on the Lipscomb campus. He left, then we had CIVA as usual. Lowery had asked Charli and I at breakfast what was our favorite restaurant in Vienna. Since our whole group unanimously agrees that Vapiano's is our first choice, Lowery graciously offered to take us all out for lunch there! After another delicious Vapiano salad, I headed out into the city with a few other girls to tour the Parliament Building, where the two Houses of the Austrian government convene. We took a guided tour, which allowed us to see The Hall of Pillars, the former House of Rep. Chamber, as well as the National/Federal Council Chamber. Naturally, the Austrian government is very different from American politics, so getting a brief synopsis of their ways of executing a democracy was thoroughly interesting!
After we left, we went back to the Rathaus Christmas Market for a quick look around, and I was able to purchase a scarf that had caught my eye a few days prior. Then, some of the girls I was with had not yet been to the University of Vienna, so we walked around the campus for a little bit/raided the bookstore. Then, Ricki and I went running around the Belvedere Palace (right after sunset!). The rest of my Tuesday evening was spent with my Vienna family, at a local American restaurant where Daniel (our travel agent paid by Lipscomb) had coordinated an authentic Thanksgiving dinner for all of us to enjoy(with the Lowery's) since we can't partake in our normal Thanksgiving festivities. The food was absolutely spectacular. We had family-style dinner, full of sweet potatoes, regular mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, stuffing, oven-roasted turkey, pumpkin-spice soup, and fresh peas. We were spoiled! Originally, we had planned to enjoy this dinner on Thanksgiving night, but the Lowery's have to leave Thursday morning. It's probably best we won't be having it on Thursday, since most of us are just going to block out the idea that we are missing Thanksgiving with our family and friends. It's sad, but the experience of being in Europe is more than worth the opportunities we are missing out on in America!
As you can see, Tuesday was a good day. :)
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