Final Post

Well this is my last and final bog post.  I was requested by the Public Affiars and Marketing department to blog about our presentations on Thursday.  It was a huge success, and I think we are all glad everything came together.  Everyone’s presentation was over something different.  I did mine over my blog, and how I came up with the idea to do it.  One person did a video of all our pictures, which turned out very well.  Again I would just like to thank the Public Affairs and Marketing office along with ESU for the wonderful opportunities. 

Here We Come!!

We are almost ready to come home!!  I think everyone is ready to come home, but they have had the time of their lives here. 

Ready or Not

Well guess what US of A?  You are about to have 15 amazing leaders return home to you.  We made it to London for round number 2 around 4:00pm Saturday.  It has been a full day of traveling, and waiting. 

HALLELUJAH!!

God answered our prayers.  It is raining here, and it feels WONDERFUL!!  We were a little cautious as to what was going on at first, because it came up really fast.  The wind started the blow like crazy, and tree branches were breaking off.  Everyone just does not know what to do with the coolness. 

Well our time in Europe is coming to a close very fast.  We had our last museum tour today, and I think I speak for everyone when I say we are museumed out!  It has been a GREAT learning experience, but doing some of those tours back to back was a little overwhelming, and for three weeks straight……that is a lot ot take in!  We toured the Winter Palace of the Schunbrunns.  All I can say is, they had enough dinnerware to feed an army!  From here on out, we will be in smaller groups picking out things we would really like to see in Vienna and London, before we cross the pond.  Tomorrow I think some people are going to get lost in the city, tour the United Nations here, go to the Aquarium, and many other things. 

I am truly very thankful that I was able to keep everyone updated on our wonderful adventures.  I am glad everyone has had the chance to read them, and make comments.  I hope everyone back home is not too hot, I will send this cool rain your way!!

Chow!!

What I wouldn´t give for…

Air Conditioning.  It is very hot in Vienna and many places do not have AC, a luxury of living in the USA.  Other than being REALLY hot….Vienna is beautiful.  We toured a Palace this morning, and it was amazing.  I think I found the place where I would like to have my wedding. 

In the afternoon we went to an open-air market, and then headed to the Prater, which is a big amusement park and park.  Some of us endured the heat and enjoyed the thrills of the rides.  Some of us explored the zoo, the ubahn (the underground subway system), and many other sites of Vienna. 

I think we are all slowly started to wind down on our wonderful exploration of Europe.  It has been a wonderful experience, and I am very thankful that I was able to share it all with you back home.  That is all for now…I am going to go find a place to cool off. 

The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Music

Well we had another great day of traveling.  We left Prague around 1:30pm and arrived in Vienna around 7:30.  We all enjoyed the train ride–the scenery is beautiful. 

We arrived at Hotel Kaiser Franz, and realized this is going to be a great experience.  Not only do they not usually allow student groups, but we are going to getting at wake up call of 6:45am and eatting breakfast all together at 7:15am.  We have an early day tomorrow; exploring what Vienna has to offer, and getting lost in this beautiful city!!  Well that is all for now…..the keyborad is different than any other computer, so sorry for any mispellings!!  Ta Ta…

The Lucky Number 3

Greetings from Prague, again!  Today was another restful day.  We took the “Lucky Number 3″ tram to a Weisel Square.  The square is has a couple of famous statues in it, which relate to the Prague Spring.  The Prague Spring was when Alexander Dubcek came to power, and the liberation of Czechosolvakia in 1968. 

We’re in Prague, Czech it out!

God works in mysterious ways.  That’s what we were all thinking after we ran into a lady who graduated from ESU.  How crazy is that?  You come all this way to meet a fellow hornet!  Courtney George had an ESU shirt on, and they stopped her and said, “Emporia State?” 

Choo….Choo….

I think a lot of us just experienced our first train ride.  We left Krakow, Poland at 7:10am and arrived in Prague, Czech Rep. 7 hours later.  It was a good experience to have under our belts.  There were little cabins with 6 people per cabin.  There was a lot of book reading and music being listened to.

After arrival we learned the Prague is known for its pick pocketers, but we worked together as a team and everyone got to the hostel in one piece with all of their belongs.  After some back tracking we finally made it to Sir Toby’s Hostel!!  The hostel is really nice with lots of computers to use, and a couple of phones to use to call home. 

We have some free time this evening to explore the city.  Tomorrow we will be going to the Jewish Museum and short visit to a castle here is Prague.  The weather here is really nice, usually in the mid 70s and mostly sunny. 

Well sorry for the short post, not much to blog about when you travel all day!!

P.S. Happy Father’s Day to all of the Father’s back home and Happy 18th Birthday to my brother…..look out world for another adult!!

Undescribable

This is what we are were saying after visiting the Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camps.  We spent most of our day there, and luckily we had a tour guide.  (She was really good!)  Well here are a few thoughts of what we all thought of the day: