Walking and art museums. We've been walking several miles a day, just getting to places and then walking the palace grounds and museum floors. Frankly, our feet kind of hurt. And as beautiful as the museums are, we think we've seen just about enough art. Whew, does Vienna have a lot! Today's itinerary: Schokocroissant breakfast, House of Music museum, Subway lunch, Belvedere art museum, Österreicher im MAK dinner, Salonorchester "Alt Wien" concert. Highlights from the day... The Belvedere was built by Prince Eugene of Savoy and is most famous today for housing the two most famous Gustav Klimts, "The Kiss" and "Country Garden with Sunflowers". We have prints of both of these at home, so it was a thrill to see the originals up close in person, as well as stroll the magnificent palace grounds (where Carrie is pictured). The Österreicher at the MAK museum was recently featured in the New York Times and pointed out to us by our friend Brian Forster, so we managed to sneak in to the posh and ultra-happening dinner spot without a reservation, yum! And finally, to finish our day, we got great tickets to a Strauss and Mozart chamber music concert, complete with operatic soloists and ballet waltzers. Quite the quintessential Vienna experience.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Things we've had just about enough of
Walking and art museums. We've been walking several miles a day, just getting to places and then walking the palace grounds and museum floors. Frankly, our feet kind of hurt. And as beautiful as the museums are, we think we've seen just about enough art. Whew, does Vienna have a lot! Today's itinerary: Schokocroissant breakfast, House of Music museum, Subway lunch, Belvedere art museum, Österreicher im MAK dinner, Salonorchester "Alt Wien" concert. Highlights from the day... The Belvedere was built by Prince Eugene of Savoy and is most famous today for housing the two most famous Gustav Klimts, "The Kiss" and "Country Garden with Sunflowers". We have prints of both of these at home, so it was a thrill to see the originals up close in person, as well as stroll the magnificent palace grounds (where Carrie is pictured). The Österreicher at the MAK museum was recently featured in the New York Times and pointed out to us by our friend Brian Forster, so we managed to sneak in to the posh and ultra-happening dinner spot without a reservation, yum! And finally, to finish our day, we got great tickets to a Strauss and Mozart chamber music concert, complete with operatic soloists and ballet waltzers. Quite the quintessential Vienna experience.
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You look so cute with that hat. The scarf is wonderfully soft and toasty. Stay warm!
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