Old Churches

After a morning of class and meeting with groups about upcoming projects and an afternoon of reading, I met up with a friend for dinner and a concert last night.  Before dinner we decided to check out the church across the little square from where we were going to eat.

While walking around Vienna or most other large cities, you pass churches constantly, and eventually I think I just sort of assume they're all roughly the same and they all tend to blend together in my mind (not that they aren't all gorgeous and I don't like seeing them, but I don't always go out of my way to stop inside).  This church is just tucked away in a little corner of the inner city, so we thought we would go in and check it out. 

I'm not sure exactly what I was expecting, but the inside of this church is huge and ornate and really really beautiful.  Of course pictures don't really capture these buildings well, but I tried...

The columns alternated between straight and sort of curly like these.

Looking straight up.

I suppose I've learned my lesson that when I have a couple extra minutes and find myself around some of these buildings, I should take the time to step in and see what's inside.

Happy Friday!