Friday... we went to Seegrotte Hinterbruhl
It's the largest underground lake in Europe
During WWII they drained the lake and brought in Italian prisoners from Mauthausen to build some of the first jet planes.
Austria National Library...thanks to prince Eugene
Strauss in Stadt park
Maria Theresia's dog... the actual dog
Natural History museum.... all the dinosaurs are from Utah nbd... and Venus of Willendorf is in here... the first piece of art ever found
Karls Kirche... our history professor is also photographed. He is Indiana Jones in real life... seriously
They are restoring the frescos on the inside and have opened up the scaffolding to the public...legit
Karlsplatz Ubahn station oper exit... musical stairs. They are hooked up to speakers and you can play the piano as you musically prance up the stairs
Butterfly house... Shelley, Elysse, and Lyndsi photographed
LEAVES!!!!!
We went to Carnuntum on Saturday.. It's old roman ruins. They just recently discovered a colosseum that apparently is larger than the one in Rome but it's still being excavated so we checked out a smaller amphitheater
One of our friends works for a professional volleyball team here and she brought along one of her friends... aka we hung out with a professional athlete all day
Gladiators... legit
Fall has just about officially left and it's sehr kalt (super cold) now... Christmas markets opened up this weekend though!
Beethoven
Staatsoper museum... Der Rosenkavalier anyone?
Our host frau, Lilo, took us to see the Vienna Phil perform. They played Brahms Piano concerto No. 1 and Symphonic Dances by Rachmoninov... the second movement of the Brahms is the most beautiful piece of music ever! best bassoon part EVER!
Only three weeks left! Ah! Time is flying by way too quickly
o Professor Kroll. What a crack up. I love Stadtpark. We used to play soccer there all the time. I like your sweater in the picture with Beethoven. Haha I remember going to Carnuntum.
ReplyDeleteThe amphitheater is so sweet! And an underground lake!? That is awesome! I can't believe all the amazing things you are seeing! 3 more weeks!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!
ReplyDeleteI put the pic of prof Kroll just for you Briana :) I've been paying attention to how he speaks... he doesn't say nudidity, only "in the nude"
ReplyDeleteWe just crack up over how all the professors pronounce "v" as "w"...such as adwenture and adwise haha