Today was an eye opening experience for all of us. We went to "tour" the facilities of the Wiener Zeitung daily newspaper in Austria. We ended up speaking with two editors and a marketing leader of the paper in their conference room about their publication. Much of our discussion dealt directly with social media and the rise of technology's affect on the world of printed paper and the tactics used in writing. It was interesting to hear the things we learned in class spilling out of someones mouth who worked in the real world media realm. The visit to the paper seemed so short lived though. After this we had free time in which I visited St. Stephens Cathedral. It is a great place and quite expansive. It cost 4 euros to enter the main church just to walk around. Whilst there I did some praying and quiet time for myself in thought. After this we got back together as a group and toured the Opera House. We got to see the original parts that were left after WWII and what was rebuilt, which is most of it. The back stage was the best part though. The stage is about three times as large as the auditorium itself and is outfitted with the best equipment I have seen on a stage yet. After the tour we returned to the hotel to eat and prepare for our travels to venice tomorrow.
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