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This January, I went to the Blumenball for the third time. Katie and I have made it a tradition to go to the Blumenball every year since I got here (except the year that they sold out of tickets... Whoops). We always love going to the Blumenball because of how absolutely gorgeous the ball is in the halls of the Vienna City Hall. The Ball is sponsored by the gardening society in Vienna and the whole building is decked top to bottom in the most gorgeous flowers. So this year, I got on the train after class to head to Vienna to get ready and go to our favorite ball.

This year, Katie and I were joined by Jeff and Hannah as well. Since I'm probably moving out of Europe at the end of this year, this is the last Blumenball that I'll be able to attend for the foreseeable future. We got ready at Katie's house with pizza and wine and once we were ready we hopped in some Ubers to head over to the Rathaus. Once there, we danced and took pictures and had fun until the middle of night. At 2:00am, we danced to the quadrille and hip, hup, hupped. We left around three with some flowers to take home and a great time.

On Saturday, we got up to do brunch and went for a walk together. As the rest of my weekend in Vienna evolved, I was able to eat at all my favorite places, get drinks with many of my dearest friends and make cupcakes and watch scary movies with my wonderful friends. As always, when Sunday rolled around, I was sad to say goodbye and head back to Budapest. A piece of me always will lie in Vienna after all, but coming back to the humdrum life of Budapest has been a welcome change after a whirlwind few months.