Vienna was GORGEOUS. Basically, we woke up the late afternoon, ambled out of our TOP FLOOR hotel room to go have breakfast, then go to a few museums. We ended up going to the Leopold and the KunstHaus museums, which took almost all day.
The Leopold was first. They had a HUGE collection of Art Nouveau and later works, including Klimt and Egon Schiele. Before we went, I knew almost nothing about him, but I really enjoyed his work, which was much more brooding than I expected from a student of Klimt.
The Leopold itself was a wonderful museum. It just felt like a relaxed place, like they WANTED you there, appreciating their art, unlike the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. In Munich, the guy at the front desk was very rude to us, and the guards followed us around specifically, as if we were going to punch holes in priceless paintings the moment they stopped looking. It was refreshing to be in a city that seemed to encourage art and really appreciate it, to the extent that EVERYTHING there was beautiful.
The Kunsthaus museum, which we went to next, was completely filled with old masterworks. Erika and I just wandered around, absorbing for hours.
The next day, we got up early, and left beautiful Vienna for Budapest. Budapest has been wonderful, much different than an other city we've visited so far. We haven't seen much yet, but we plan to get out and about today, if we can.
Yesterday, we went to the Hungarian National Museum, which was fascinating. I realized once I got there that I knew almost nothing about Hungarian history, and it was really quite an education. After the museum, we came back to the hostel, where we met up with a few people who shared our room and went out. It was FUN! I had breakfast this morning at six, a kebab bought on the street as we were walking home from the club. :)
Now, however, is time for second breakfast! I feel like a hobbit!
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How was the club??? More details? Sounds like a fun Saturday night....midnight to 6 AM. :) don't come home a hobbit! :( love you and miss you, Madre and Padre
ReplyDeleteBrooke Logan, What is this all about??? And what did you do with that pigeon???
ReplyDeleteAdam D. Seats "I CAUGHT A PIGEON WITH MY BARE HANDS!"
XD Very nice Brooke.
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Brooke Bernard I did! It was EPIC.
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Adam D. Seats Is there any particular reason WHY? Or were you just like "LOLBIRD! -catch-"
Sunday at 1:31pm · Like
Brooke Bernard It was Rome, and the birds were letting me get awful close, so I figured I might as well try. First try: snatched one right off the ground, didn't even have time to ruffle a feather.
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Adam D. Seats Very nice. Though I'm surprised you didn't do something like tie a note to its leg or something.
Sunday at 7:41pm · Like
Brooke Bernard I did get a picture with another avian prisioner later in Venice, but the capture was not nearly as clean. Lots of flapping.
I just caught him and let him go. :) All is well. No pigeons were injured. However, there is a picture of one of the catches on facebook.
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