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Vienna Countryside
... I have attached a picture of the famous Maria Theresa. I talked about her yesterday - you will notice her husband is pointing at her in the picture. (It's because she was in control!) It was a subtle way of letting people know who was really in charge - she was the from the Hasburg Family after all! I will be up bright and early to hop on the 8:30am train to Prague! Looking forward to the last bit of my journey. ...
Schokolade und Wein
... of added to it. Since all the labels were in German I just picked one to try. It was all chocolate so nothing could be that bad... I wasn't too worried. One time I picked one and my Austrian friend who was with me just kinda looked at me and he said, "Tell me how that one is....". So I tried it, and it didn't taste bad. It was definitely different, but not bad. Afterward he told me that bacon and grapes were in it! Such strange ingredients to put in ...
Lunch in Durnstein
... tells me I need to lose some resentment toward the Catholic Church! We had lunch in a lovely street restaurant in Durnstein and ordered the local special, not exactly knowing what it was. Turns out to be wheat dumplings in chanterelle sauce- delicious! ( though it may not look appetizing in the photo) Now we are sailing up the Wachau valley, the prettiest part of the ...
Viena
... en Austria servirlo con pan blanco) con una cerveza bien helada. Increible manera de terminar los 2 dias en Viena.
A la maniana siguiente, desayune con Maren y nos despedimos. Con mis maletas, bolso y ipod, camine 15 minutos, tome 2 subtes y llegue a la estacion de tren.
Lo que puedo resumir de Viena, lo hare con una frase que lei en una pared del Palacio Belvedere: The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal. Gustave Coubert.
Next stop: ...
VIENNA
... the 20th century.
Our tour was on the bus and on the ground. Be prepared to walk, lots. We passed the Opera Houses.
Stopped at the Albertina Art Museum and the across the street the war memorial Mahnmal gegen Krieg und Faschismus, Wien, Austria. This is the national ...


