The Dreaded Moment
Finally this blog has arrived at the point where no blog should ever venture: Holiday photos. If you don't know me, this will be absolutely boring. If you do know me, it most probably will be too.
Day 1
Started by going to Vienna by train on Friday Morning. The flight to Berlin went from Vienna at 8:00 on Saturday, so we had a day to kill in Vienna. We went to the Upper Belvedere where we saw "Das Neue Österreich" , an exhibition about post-WWII Austria on the occasion of the 50 year jubilee of the Austrian state treaty.
No photos from the actual exhibition, thanks to photographing being prohibited. Suffice to say it was quite interesting, if a bit skewed towards "oh woe is us, who were poor victims of the Nazi regime" (which does accurately reflect the sentiment held by Austrian officials until the late 1980ies, so the exhibition just shows things as they were).
Then we strolled through the historical centre of Vienna and visited the Naschmarkt.
Impressions from the Naschmarkt
Vienna Secession
Stephansdom
Haas Haus with crane
Not having had enough history for a day we also visited the National Library where we watched another exhibition about post-war Austria, "Die Junge Republik".
Having to kill some more time we also visited the Museum of Natural History. Yes, that's me, having a bad hair month.
Some more strolling around vienna (yes, I like clouds and photographing against light sources. You'll see much more of that later), then night broke.
As luck would have it, we were in Vienna just when "Rund um die Burg" happened, a 24 hour reading marathon with Austrian writers reading from their works. This is where we spend the wee hours till we caught our bus to the airport and flew to Berlin.
Actual Berlin photos to follow...
Day 1
Started by going to Vienna by train on Friday Morning. The flight to Berlin went from Vienna at 8:00 on Saturday, so we had a day to kill in Vienna. We went to the Upper Belvedere where we saw "Das Neue Österreich" , an exhibition about post-WWII Austria on the occasion of the 50 year jubilee of the Austrian state treaty.
No photos from the actual exhibition, thanks to photographing being prohibited. Suffice to say it was quite interesting, if a bit skewed towards "oh woe is us, who were poor victims of the Nazi regime" (which does accurately reflect the sentiment held by Austrian officials until the late 1980ies, so the exhibition just shows things as they were).
Then we strolled through the historical centre of Vienna and visited the Naschmarkt.
Impressions from the Naschmarkt
Vienna Secession
Stephansdom
Haas Haus with crane
Not having had enough history for a day we also visited the National Library where we watched another exhibition about post-war Austria, "Die Junge Republik".
Having to kill some more time we also visited the Museum of Natural History. Yes, that's me, having a bad hair month.
Some more strolling around vienna (yes, I like clouds and photographing against light sources. You'll see much more of that later), then night broke.
As luck would have it, we were in Vienna just when "Rund um die Burg" happened, a 24 hour reading marathon with Austrian writers reading from their works. This is where we spend the wee hours till we caught our bus to the airport and flew to Berlin.
Actual Berlin photos to follow...
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