Vienna (Part 1)

Vienna. We arrived tired and over-stimulated from our previous days’ travels. Perhaps that is why I don’t remember an awful lot about the city. Aside from walking a bit around certain parts of Vienna we didn’t take in other events such as a concert or opera. It certainly is the city of music and art. Just about everywhere you turn there is a statue of some composer or another. In a museum that we did not get to is the death mask of Beethoven.

Though we didn’t actually make it to the Vienna State Opera House, we were constantly approached by individuals selling tickets to one opera or another – if not at the State Opera House, then another venue. It was rather strange to be approached by Mozart or Haydn, powdered wigs and all. In a couple of cases the affect was ruined by a lovely satin and lacy-shirted outfit ending in a pair of Reeboks but, overall, it was charming.

We breezed by the Albertina Museum, Albertina being the only one of Marie Antointette’s siblings that was allowed to marry for love. I guess this was odd and unique enough to warrant a museum to one’s self!

In the last picture on this page, note the little old lady in the lower left hand corner. She is wearing a lace dress, a ruff, and a tiara - and she is NOT in costume. I loved her moxie.