Started off the New Year’s morning the best way with being surrounded by great people, in a beautiful place, and delicious breakfast. As the group began to eat, we started to watch New Year’s Vienna Orchestra concert. I wasn’t aware, but this is apparently a big deal in Austria, along with different parts of the world. Streamed to over 140 nations. I realized that when I’m in the States, by this time I would be fast asleep and was unaware of a major concert happening across the world. 

In the afternoon, we all finally decided to get out of the house by going on a quick walk. I was able to get a few good photos of the area until realizing how quickly the sun sets in the valley, we all got very cold on the way back and rushed inside for some coffee & cake. Later on this evening, I had not reached my quota for photos & hurried back to make sure I did. Honestly, I was hyped on some of the photos I got with the stars really showing up. I hadn’t taken any long exposure photos since New Zealand and was glad to try out more photos with my new lens. It also gave me a couple of ideas to try out tomorrow evening if we have another clear sky.