Austria

The sign as you enter the Austrian town of Niederwaldkirchen.

Auslandsemester

Abenteuer is German for adventure and Alexa DiPietrantonio, who is studying abroad in Vienna this spring, enjoyed several adventures over her European Spring Break. Read her latest blog entry, where she details her visit to the real "Sound of Music" house and her night at a silent disco.
Alexa Di Di Pietrantonio poses with her sister, her friend and plates of Wiener Schnitzel.

Alexa Wiener Schnitzel

Wiener Schnitzel anyone? Alexa Di Pietrantonio, center; her younger sister Isabella, left; and her friend Anne enjoy the region's culinary standard.

The entrance to the Belvedere Museum in Vienna.

Belvedere Museum

During a day of German exams, sightseeing, interviews and (yes) waltzing, Beaver student Alexa Di Pietrantonio found some time to take this shot of the Belvedere Museum, one of Vienna's architectural jewels.