![Semmering We spent a day hiking in the Alps at Semmering. The views were amazing.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.11-150x150.jpg)
![Stadtpark Stadtpark](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.05-150x150.jpg)
![Semmering Semmering](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.14-150x150.jpg)
![All of Vienna There are so many views in Vienna, but this is one of my favorites.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.19-150x150.jpg)
![Liberty A statue of liberty in Budapest.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.22-e1388280209882-150x150.jpg)
![From the Gardens Looking back on the Schoenbrunn Palace from the path up towards the Gloriette.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.18-150x150.jpg)
![Budapest View of Budapest from the back of the Hungarian National Gallery.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.23-150x150.jpg)
![Schoenbrunn Looking out on the city from the steps of the Schoenbrunn Palace.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.16-150x150.jpg)
![Dancing at Concordia One of the many dance floors at the Concordia Ball.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.08-150x150.jpg)
![Kettenbrueckengasse Kettenbrueckengasse (on the U4) is the stop for the Naschmarkt.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.04-150x150.jpg)
![Rose Garden Rose gardens behind Schoenbruun.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.17-150x150.jpg)
![Tall Trees The trees were so tall along the hiking trail.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.12-e1388275148695-150x150.jpg)
![Gloriette Looking around towards the Gloriette, along with all the other tourists.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.20-150x150.jpg)
![Main Floor The main floor for the Concordia Ball before the dancing began.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.10-150x150.jpg)
![Peak View The view from the top of the trail we hiked in Semmering.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.13-150x150.jpg)
![Inside the buildings of the Rathaus Inside the buildings of the Rathaus](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.09-150x150.jpg)
![Sitting on the steps My roommate, Elaine, and I would eat lunch outside the Albertina. She'd usually get a Kaesekrainer from the Blitizinger stand and I'd bring a gluten-free sandwich from home.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.06-150x150.jpg)
![Maria-Theresian-Platz View from inside the Maria-Theresian-Platz between the Natural History museum and the Kunsthistorisches Museum.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.01-150x150.jpg)
![Meidlinger Hauptstrasse The kitchen window opened over Meidlinger Hauptstrasse, one of the major shopping areas in Vienna.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.03-150x150.jpg)
![Natuerlich Blonde The standing room view in the Ronacher Theater for "Naturerlich Blonde."](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.02-150x150.jpg)
![Donau Across the Border The Donau continues through Budapest, creating the German name for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Donau Monarchie.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.21-150x150.jpg)
![Sound of Music Tour This was the house used in the Sound of Music movie for the scenes overlooking the backyard. A different house was used for the scenes facing the house.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.15-150x150.jpg)
![Concordia Ball Inside the Rathaus for the Concordia Ball.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.07-150x150.jpg)
![Summer Psychology I miss this group of people every single day.](http://blogs.iesabroad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/park.vienna.lookingback.24-150x150.jpg)
Today, I got a piece of mail from the Albertina in Wien, Österreich. They were asking me to renew my student semester membership. Unfortunately, I’ve been out of town since July. I never thought the “after returning home” blog would be the hardest to write, but it’s hard to face that it’s over. Going to Vienna was one of the best decisions I’ve made in my college career. I really have no idea how to try to summarize my experience, luckily, this is a photography blog, so instead of trying to put words, I’ve collected the panoramas that I took across Vienna, Salzburg, and Budapest.
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Emily Park
<p><span style="color: rgb(29, 29, 29); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(237, 237, 237);">Emily is a rising senior studying psychology with a focus in development at the University of Rochester. Her dream job is to be a family therapist somewhere sunny. When she's not studying psychology, she enjoys dancing with the Ballet Performance Group, swimming on the Master's team, running along the Genesee, and studying Russian. She is excited to learn about psychology in its birth place, brush up on her German and live in the beautiful city of Vienna.</span></p>