Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

The day after our last blog we went to Schönbrunn Palace - summer house of the Habsburgs. The original building was destroyed in a revolution that I can´t quite remember so the pictures you see are of the one commisionned by Maria Theresa in the 17th or 18th century. There we enjoyed the royal apartments which were very lavish. One room dedicated …

Short four hour train ride from Munich we arrived in Vienna Austria, Checked into our hotel went to the Vienna Zoo which was like a ten story building with heaps of different animals on different levels. Went out for awesome ice cream pizza then back to the hotel.

2nd day we did a walking tour from my iPhone it was cool and showed the …

Today was all about the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Try saying that three times quickly after a few schnapps and you're bound to get yourself into serious trouble! After the best hot chocolate at the most revered cafe in town, Demel (for several hundred years the chocolatier for the Imperial Palace), we headed for the Viennese equivalent of the …

I thought we were quite lucky to stay at all the wonderful hotels that we stayed atduring this vacation. However, considering that Vienna is a huge metropolis with the typical overpriced accommodations that are generally the worst, I think Spiess & Spiess was even more of a special find. It was only two train stops away from the city center and …

The saying goes, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression." In Vienna's case, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Upon our arrival at Hotel Alstadt (which looked nothing like the pictures on the internet), we were told that Vienna was a “very clean city.” Well if by clean you mean broken bottles and trash …

So I'm religiously updating the travel blog now, thanks to early sunset and wifi access at accommodation. I feel a little wee bit sorry for my original blog, but updating two blogs at once is a mission. I will write some for my original one too (which is mostly going to be filled with rant and leashing out whatever angry feelings I have at that …

I did not sleep well. First, the walls were extremely thin and I could hear everything the people in the next room over were saying. I kept thinking that they were in my room, which was a bit unnerving while trying to fall asleep. Second, I woke up an hour too early because I didn't set my clock back. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that until …

Yesterday evening there was off and on mixed rain-and-snow, but it was not sticking or anything. I awoke this morning, however, to about 3-5cm of snow outside the hotel. It has warmed up a bit now, so the snow has been melting since about 10 am or so, but I am still noticing off and on wet snow flurries/sleet. Fortunately I had brought my warm …

... .  How did they elevate stones this large to enclose a structure up to 135 meters high? A fun side trip was the Kunsthistorisches Museum, home of the royal art collection.  Even the lobby and staircases are beautiful.  It was my first ...

... metro back to the city center and walk through the imperial palace, admiring the gardens and buildings.  Then I enter the Kunsthistorisches Museum, or simply the Museum of Fine Arts.  The structure itself was beautiful, even more elaborate ...

... Rubens as well as Dutch and Italian paintings and the incredibly beautiful Kunsthistoriches Museum http://www.khm.at/en/kunsthistorisches-museum/ Unlike the Prada and Louvre and many others that were converted from palaces, the Kunsthistoriches was ...

... statue and admired all the various poses of the tourists while waiting for them to clear out. We headed in to the Kunsthistorisches museum which has the Habsburgs’ collection of artwork. We set off to admire the highlights of the collection while ...

... was pretty good, and MOMUK 9 EUR a contemporary art gallery which had some interesting works, the best was the KHM Kunsthistorisches Museum 12 EUR which had some very impressive works and hours of viewing pleasure including a great exhibition on Egyptian ...

... to stay very cozy. We couldn't ask for more. Our Last Day: We enjoyed our last day here in Vienna. We went to the Kunsthistorisches Museum. It was an incredible museum which houses many pieces of art which once belonged to the Hapsburgs. I liked the ...

...   The second place I visited was the Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments which the Kunsthistorisches Museum describes as "the most important collection of renaissance and baroque instruments worldwide". Included in the collection ...

... hostels around Europe and make a note for the Krakow ones - they'll come in handy soon.  We also mooch around Kunsthistorisches Museum and Neue Hofburg. Back in Bratislava we spend the evening in the old town again, walking the streets by night and ...

... example, nowhere else I would have a chance to see the largest in the world collection of Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna owns it but never lends out... or such a large collection of works by Egon Schiele as I ...

... the buildings, irregardless of the amazing works of arts contained within. Will took off and Tyler and I went into the Kunsthistorisches Museum, which is said to house one of Europes leading art collections. Its a beautiful museum with some fantastic ...