Leaving Hungary and the Mission

After saying goodbye to President and Sister Smith, we rented a car and drove three hours west to Vienna.  After checking into our hotel, we toured Vienna.

Later that evening, we attended a concert in the same theater where Mozart, Strauss and others had performed several years ago.

The next day, we drove through Austria and Slovenia.  This is an Austrian castle (Gussing) that we visited while driving south to Italy. It was a rainy day, but we were still able to climb to the top of the bell tower.

Later that evening, we rented hotel rooms in Trieste, Italy.  The following day, we drove over to Venice.  Venice is one of the most unusual places we had ever visited – and we loved the experience.

We loved the wonderful experience of touring the Venice canals.  Venice is truly unique.

We ate dinner at a riverside restaurant.

We hired a gondola that had an accordion player and singer, and then relaxed for 45 minutes as we traveled the canals of Venice.