The hills are alive with the sound of music...

So amidst the chaos that was unpacking, I found my "blog draft" (aka scattered notes) that I wrote the last day in Vienna. It goes a little something like this:

[Children:]
There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say "cuckoo"
[Marta, Gretl, Brigitta:]
Cuckoo, cuckoo

[Children: Marta, Gretl, Brigitta: ]
Regretfully they tell us Cuckoo, cuckoo
But firmly they compel us Cuckoo, cuckoo
To say goodbye . . .
[Marta, Gretl, Brigitta:]
Cuckoo!
[Children:]
. . . to you

[Children:]
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night
[Marta:]
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight

[Children:]
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu
[Friedrich:]
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu

[Children:]
So long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen
[Liesl:]
I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne

[Children:]
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
[Kurt:]
I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye -- Goodbye!
[Brigitta:]
I'm glad to go, I cannot tell a lie
[Louisa:]
I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly
[Gretl:]
The sun has gone to bed and so must I

[Children:]
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

[Guests:]
Goodbye!

I felt like this was the most appropriate ending to a wonderful journey and farewell to an amazing city. Vienna has such rich medical and cultural history, beautiful architecture, and glamorous lifestyle that I have made a vow to return....sometime in the summer. I would have to say my favorites were the catacombs, the Freud museum, and the Belvedere Palace, but to be honest, there wasn't one thing I didn't enjoy.

I hope this blog finds everyone safe and well rested in "good 'ol" College Station. I am already working on a final blog draft and for that I might even find a good graphic to post so get ready. Good luck on your first days of class!