Saturday, February 2, 2013
Belvedere
The remainder in Vienna was spent on excessive indulgence on sachertorte, (who cares about my lactose intolerance eh?) schnitzel and various concoctions of Austrian stews and meats - I went vegetarian after leaving Austria the following week! But it was also spent walking through misty streets of Burgring and palace grounds after a Christmas night orchestral performance in Hofburg palace...
Schobrunn palace was open during Christmas day and I had a really great time exploring all the rooms within the palace - I believe it has an atmosphere comparable to Versailles, and if you saw my very first post you could see I tried taking a picture of the interior of the palace which has gold-adorned ceilings and brilliant workmanship. They even had oriental inspired secret rooms, of which I was very impressed by as well.
I also made it a point to see Belvedere before I left Vienna and back to Salzburg for a couple of days, and it has an absolutely beautiful lawns and triangular shaped shrubs (as you can already see). Everything was so ornate, and I suppose Vienna lives up to being a classical city after all. So, I'm already thinking of where to go next when I have a break from university: any ideas please let me know via various social media sites!
Tomorrow I will be having dim sum (and everyone knows dim sum is also one of my favorite mealtimes, ever!) with some friends so I hope everyone has a relaxing Sunday and refreshing start of the week - until next time, where I will bring you to a Sound of Music tour within beautiful Salzburg once again :)
Friday, February 1, 2013
Ess Muss Sein
It's Thursday and you know what this means: new post (yay).
Wien:
Decadence and the terrible cold is my impression of Vienna - not to mention the fog in the morning! Nonetheless the mist unveiled the history of the city itself, the architecture particularly wonderful to marvel at. I think Vienna speaks for itself, because I don't think my pictures nor helpless words can pay tribute to a city that once housed Mozart, Strauss, Klimt and Schiele... Though I have to add as a parenthesis that personally I am more of a Romantic-era fan but why complain?
And perhaps the best (and only) picture I have of myself is in front of the mumok (museum of modern art and everyone who knows me well knows my sentiments on modern art hence the expression); the Leopold museum which actually has the Klimt exhibition I wanted to see was not open because it was Christmas eve/my birthday wish was not granted! Although, the fog did uncloaked to reveal the mysterious Stephansdom and the blithe Schobrunn woods...
I spent most the time shivering even beneath thermals and four layers of clothing - but had great times eating all-time favorites of tafelspitz and apfelstrudel, celebrating my birthday in the Albertina, seeing an orchestra in the Hofburg on Christmas night and museum-hopping! I sound vaguely touristy-happy but it's true, I'd be back there sooner than you think if I had the chance. Round 2 of summer in Vienna, anyone?
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