In which Emily gets sick.

9:38--Vienna, Austria

Guten Morgen! I am sipping on my morning coffee and thought you might appreciate a picture or two of the ball:



Above is the Musikverein, the dance hall where the ball took place. The stage is in the background; this is where the musicians are sitting. The white blobs are the brass section and the dark blobs to their right (as you're looking at the picture) are the string section.



This is the massive gallop at the end of the quadrille. Yes, I am somewhere in there. I have no idea where. Ten dollars if you can find me.



At the end of the gallop, people form a tunnel (as seen here) that continues forming even as you go through it, so it really does seem it never ends. I am also somewhere in this picture, probably obscured by the tunnel.

I got sick the day after the ball (go figure!) with a fever and a migraine and all sorts of unpleasantness, but I am better now.

Have a pleasant day!