Being in Vienna and Prague was hard to take it, it's something I never thought I would be able to do, everything seemed all very dreamlike. Even though the four days in each city went by extremely fast, being in the same room with the same people for ten days definitely made us bond in a way we wouldn't have been able to at Harlaxton. I think because all of us were in such awe with our surroundings it but us all in better spirits (except maybe for the guys). As Americans when we are excited or happy we express it outwardly, and often very loudly. Which in Prague seem perfectly OK as we were often not the loudest people in the room, however in Vienna it was very different. People are much more reserved and very quiet, to the point where you could never tell peoples emotions unless you went up to them directly and asked how they were, even then they would probably be shocked that a stranger was asking them this and still not respond. Coming to the conclusions that in European cities (especially Vienna), expressing happiness is not an outward emotion. Because of this I had to be much more conscientious and self aware of my volume and how I was portraying my emotions so as to not come off as annoying or rude.
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