Note: this post is part of the “catching up” I need to do for this blog. The Halloween Ball was, of course, on the 31st of October. 

Most people my age love Halloween. I am not one of those people. Secretly, I’d rather watch Harry Potter on Halloween than go to a party (actually, that’s pretty much every night. Whoops). But somehow my friends wrangled me into dressing up and going to a ball for All Hallow’s Eve. We all got ready together at Adri’s apartment, champagne and 90s pop music included.

Trying on the costume parts.

Champagne kindly provided for all of us by Adri’s host mom.

Sans mask.

As a beautiful butterfly!

Hannah didn’t attend the ball with us, but she did hang out while we got ready.

Balls in Vienna are a big deal. Even though the Halloween Ball was technically before the traditional “Ball Season” (usually from the New Year through March or so), it was still an incredible event with lots of performance artists, some funky music, and people dressed to the nines. We went as two vampires, a skeleton, and a butterfly (I was the butterfly. Can you tell I’m not great at Halloween?). 

Adri the skeleton.

Joleen the vampire.

Gabe the vampire.

Joleen tried to take a picture where she was laughing and looked super happy. She got a good one, but it was funnier to watch her stage the photo.

Bottle service. You’re only in Austria once, right?

The view from our table.

The dance floor/performance space.

Obligatory bathroom picture.

Time to go home.

We had such a wonderful, awesome time. Joleen gave this toast that summed it up pretty well: “I’m so glad to be sharing this night and this semester with some of my  closest friends.”

Thanks for stopping by.