So remember back when I told you about going to a ball and the movie-esque atmosphere? Well, not only have I been to 2 more balls, but one of them topped that first one (that I thought was so unimaginably amazing) as though laughing that I gave that first Philharmonic ball a chance at impressing me. What sort of an experience would cause such a rethinking of what originally completely blew my mind? Maybe I'll just quote a Phantom of the Opera song:
"Masquerade!
Hide your face so the world will never find you!
Masquerade!
Every face a different shade
Masquerade!
Turn around there's another mask behind you!"
So in case you haven't figured it out, I went to a MASQUERADE!!! Apparently, those still exist, too. Oh the things you learn whilst abroad! Who needs classrooms?! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves for the most part. Just a few last things before I leave you with them:
1. Yes, I am wearing my dress from St. Mark's production of The Sound of Music...from when I was in 6th grade. Yes, I brought it to Europe with me. Honestly though - what did you really expect?
2. There was a 'de-masking' at midnight...which I thought was just silly. I thought the masks should stay on all night. I talked with Emily Richter earlier in the evening and joked with her about how I could pull a Cinderella and hand my mask to a guy at the demasking and then run off, leaving him in love with me and searching Vienna for me over the next days. Funny story: I actually left my mask there, but it was on accident. I put it down on a table after the demasking so as to dance more easily and didn't come back to it for a couple of hours and couldn't find it then. :(
Okay picture time! Enjoy!
Sarah (another IESer) and I
Before heading to the masquerade:
Eve, me, and Ellen
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