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If you don't know Duruflé's Ubi caritas listen to a performance by the Kings College Choir. It is one of my all-time favorites. (This is a little faster than I prefer.) It was one of the pieces we sang in the Berkshire Choral Festival concerts in Mondsee and Vienna, Austria in September.

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
Where there is charity and love, God is there.
Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor.
Love brings us together in one Christ.
Exsultemus et in ipso jucundemur.
We therefore rejoice in it.
Timeamus et ameamus Deum vivum.
Let us fear and love the living God.
Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero.
And from the heart let us devote ourselves with sincerity.
Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Amen.
Where there is charity and love, God is there. Amen.

tr. Reader's Den

And more but the last for sure

This was the view down our hill in Mondsee when the fog lifted.

This house behind the rehearsal hall had colorful laundry that changed every day.

A view from Eagles Nest.

A former palace now used by Harvard U. Yes, it was that grey and rainy.

A typical onion dome church - taken from the bus.

The castle next to St Mathias above Budapest.

A crypt at Esztergom.

This sign is depressing but reflects my opinion of Hungary. Click to enlarge a little. It says, "Try again, Fail again, Fail better."

Hungarian folk dancers.

A dahlia at Hellbrun Palace.

Sniff

Some church photos

I took many photos of churches and have friends who are interested so here are some of them. Not all are gorgeous quality. I do not have a fancy Nikon with interchangeable lenses - only a little pocket Sony point and shoot. I've posted links previously as well as some other photos here and here and here.

This is the organ in the Basilica at Mondsee. It was used for our concert.

There are four corner organs in the Salzburger Dom. We were sandwiched between two of them in the transcept to the left of the altar.

This is the dome on the Salzburger Dom.

This is a limited view of St. Peters in Vienna.

This is the ornate altar. Some of us grew tired of all the clutter, gold, and fussiness of the baroque churches we saw.

This is the organ loft we were crammed into for mass.

This is St Stephen's in Vienna.

St Stephens's organ.

St Stephen's tile roof.

St Stephen's steeple is being repaired.

Dohany Synagogue in Budapest. I didn't go into this choosing to visit St Stephens instead.

St Stephen's Basilica in Budapest.

The basilica dome.

The basilica organ.

Esztergom Basilica near Budapest.

Inside Esztergom.

Esztergom's organ

St Mathias above Budapest. I didn't go inside.

I went for a walk by myself.

And found this church.

It is Lutheran.*

And had a most satisfactory inside.

*If you are tempted to smile, don't. He was an unknown pedestrian.

Some favorite photos

We walked up and down this hill many times between the hostel and town. The foggy greyness was with us for most of the first week.

Mondsee countryside.

The Basilica at Mondsee. St Michael is the patron.

A funeral procession.

Box lunch sandwich made us laugh.

A tunnel on the road to Eagle's Nest.

The canal which brings water to Salzburg.

The Mondsee basilica at night.

Mallards and a duck with lovely tail feathers in a pond in front of one of the numerous palaces.

Across the Danube.

Folks in photo teased me about the computer store.

From one country to another across the Danube.

Parliament in Budapest.

Chain Bridge in Budapest.

Now it is time to put Austria behind me and get on with life. sniff.