Monday, April 5, 2010
KATHY'S HERE!!
Just to let you know, my mom arrived without a hitch yesterday and was picked up by my friend Bernie who is 66 and from North Dakota. Carrie and I arrived home from our roadtrip about 6 hours later. Alles ist gut.
Leopold Museum Photos
Egon Schiele's - Czech pic
Not sure who.
Not sure who.
Reproduction of one of Klimt's Faculty works (for the University), which were not received well by the public because they were considered to be too dark in nature. In fact, he ended up purchasing all his works back and retreating into hiding mostly after that.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Vienna photo time
Leftover from a cafe in Maribor, Slovenia.
Schonbrunn palace, Vienna
Schonbrunn Palace
MR timer photo
Wooden floor tiles at Schonbrunn.
Subway station in Vienna across the street from the very cool Naschmarkt.
Hunderwasser house, designed by crazy artist.
Riding the SBahn with looks of wonder.
Super hot tourist who videoed EVERYTHING.
Museum Quarter
Cafe with nipples
Who wants to eat at the Rectum? Me! Me!
Vienna Museum Quarter
Museum Quarter
Cafe in Museum Leopold
Ad for Museum Leopold by artist Egon Schiele. A very amazing guy.
Schonbrunn palace, Vienna
Schonbrunn Palace
MR timer photo
Wooden floor tiles at Schonbrunn.
Subway station in Vienna across the street from the very cool Naschmarkt.
Hunderwasser house, designed by crazy artist.
Riding the SBahn with looks of wonder.
Super hot tourist who videoed EVERYTHING.
Museum Quarter
Cafe with nipples
Who wants to eat at the Rectum? Me! Me!
Vienna Museum Quarter
Museum Quarter
Cafe in Museum Leopold
Ad for Museum Leopold by artist Egon Schiele. A very amazing guy.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Vienna: Round up
Sort of unremarkable. I have the feeling that I’m going to forget I ever visited. There’s not a feeling associated with the city, rather it feels like any other large European city without much to stand out.
We spent three days here.
I’d say the two highlights were the walk-in standing Opera, which cost four Euros each. The most fun part was standing in line and waiting for the show to start, visiting with other tourists. They have this scheme where you can go to any show really and stand in the back, packed liked sardines in a boiling furnace of people. Which I think would be endurable if it were a good show, however we went to a four hour Wagner Opera. We lasted a little over an hour and were not the first people to leave. Still it was a very interesting experience.
The second thing of note was the Leopold Museum, which housed mostly modern Austrian artists. Four levels of stunning paintings enclosed in a modern building. Carrie and I were introduced to Egon Schiele, a man talented and productive for his short life; he died in 1918 from the Spanish flu along with his six month pregnant wife. And many works by Gustav Klimt, who has so much more to offer than just “The Kiss.” At the end, we had a delightful time in the gift shop, picking out a few items. However, while I paid, I said “ I have my own bag” pulling an Envirosax out of my purse. The woman behind the counter accused me of stealing the bag from their store. After multiple questions, she left me alone. I later produced my receipt for the bag. But it left a tainted taste in my mouth.
Other sites we visited included the expensive and unremarkable Schloss Schoenbrunn, the Cathedral downtown and the HundertWasser House.
An accidental eatery deserves mention, Tresniewski Buffet off Dortheergaffe, which is a small side street off the main pedestrian area centrally. Carrie and I saw a bunch of locals entering through a small door, and so peeked in ourselves to find cute little old ladies with white caps on serving small toasts with egg salad, tomato salad, lox, mushrooms for one Euro each. We ordered four and two 1/8L beers, for which we were given tokens. We traded them for the cutest beers ever and sat down with a little Austrian man who spoke to us in German. Very sweet.
We spent three days here.
I’d say the two highlights were the walk-in standing Opera, which cost four Euros each. The most fun part was standing in line and waiting for the show to start, visiting with other tourists. They have this scheme where you can go to any show really and stand in the back, packed liked sardines in a boiling furnace of people. Which I think would be endurable if it were a good show, however we went to a four hour Wagner Opera. We lasted a little over an hour and were not the first people to leave. Still it was a very interesting experience.
The second thing of note was the Leopold Museum, which housed mostly modern Austrian artists. Four levels of stunning paintings enclosed in a modern building. Carrie and I were introduced to Egon Schiele, a man talented and productive for his short life; he died in 1918 from the Spanish flu along with his six month pregnant wife. And many works by Gustav Klimt, who has so much more to offer than just “The Kiss.” At the end, we had a delightful time in the gift shop, picking out a few items. However, while I paid, I said “ I have my own bag” pulling an Envirosax out of my purse. The woman behind the counter accused me of stealing the bag from their store. After multiple questions, she left me alone. I later produced my receipt for the bag. But it left a tainted taste in my mouth.
Other sites we visited included the expensive and unremarkable Schloss Schoenbrunn, the Cathedral downtown and the HundertWasser House.
An accidental eatery deserves mention, Tresniewski Buffet off Dortheergaffe, which is a small side street off the main pedestrian area centrally. Carrie and I saw a bunch of locals entering through a small door, and so peeked in ourselves to find cute little old ladies with white caps on serving small toasts with egg salad, tomato salad, lox, mushrooms for one Euro each. We ordered four and two 1/8L beers, for which we were given tokens. We traded them for the cutest beers ever and sat down with a little Austrian man who spoke to us in German. Very sweet.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
We love Slovenia, Part 2: Ptuj and Maribor
Hey we took a quick flight to the colliseum... nah, just jokes, here's from our day in Pula, Croatia. A better preserved colliseum than the one in Roma. I can't remember if this one is smaller or not. They gave us student discounts. Yay.
In the basement of the colliseum was an olive oil center-- way cool.
This is Ptuj, Slovenia. A sweet little town, the oldest town in Slovenia, one of the oldest cities in Europe.
Ptuj tower of terror. Nah, again. Just a happy little place. For happy people like us.
Castle at the top of the hill in Ptuj. You know the law, every town in Europe must have their own castle. And every tourist must visit it or risk beheading.
View of Ptuj from the castle hill.
Dominican Monistery in Ptuj. No longer housing real live monks, but still pretty.
We liked this sign. With the kids.
From the window of our hotel in Maribor. We could hear live music wafting through the window.
In the basement of the colliseum was an olive oil center-- way cool.
This is Ptuj, Slovenia. A sweet little town, the oldest town in Slovenia, one of the oldest cities in Europe.
Ptuj tower of terror. Nah, again. Just a happy little place. For happy people like us.
Castle at the top of the hill in Ptuj. You know the law, every town in Europe must have their own castle. And every tourist must visit it or risk beheading.
View of Ptuj from the castle hill.
Dominican Monistery in Ptuj. No longer housing real live monks, but still pretty.
We liked this sign. With the kids.
From the window of our hotel in Maribor. We could hear live music wafting through the window.
Slovenia! It's our favorite country of the trip. And I have now been there three times. Not disappointed once. Peaceful, non-touristy, inexpensive, full of nature, kind people... off the radar. Highly recommended if you would like somewhere different. However, you won't like it if you require big, obvious "sights" to see or large cities. The whole country totals two million people and it's the size of New Jersey. Perfect for us country folks from North Dakota. Cha!
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