Vienna - at the opera

Vienna has a lot of cafés and apparantly they are famous for their coffee - I don't drink coffee, so that was wasted on me. However I do eat cake. And they had lots os fabulous cake!!

 

Another thing Vienna is famous for is their Opera House. I first saw it at night, and it looks really nice with all the lights.

 

I had booked a ticket to see a ballet in the Wiener Staatsoper, but when it finally turned Wednesday evening I was so tired I almost didn't go.

But I am so glad I did. 

It was a beautiful performance and everything about this building was so formal and elegant. I felt very glamorous - even if I was wearing jeans!

On a less festive note: I am sick! Eeeeks! Well-wishes are most welcome ;D

Vienna - Hundertwasser

This must be the architect of my dreams!!!

Hunderwasserhouse, Vienna

The work he did, is so unique and so beautiful. I can only imagine what it must be like, to live in one of these houses! The pictures are ones I took using the camera in my cellphone, there are much better ones on the website - also ones where the trees are green...amazing!

The other side of the building

I think it looks amazing!
There is also a museum with some of Hunderwassers paintings and models of houses....you can see some of his work at their website: Kunsthaus Wien
The museum is a work of art in itself

 

I am blown away by these buidings, they are such an inspiration!

And now I also know where my dream vacation would be....at Bad Blumau!

Vienna - The museums!

I am finally back from Vienna...it feels like I have been gone for a really long time, but it was only from Sunday morning to Thursday night.

There was so much to see and do in Vienna, home of the Jugendstil!
....the real reason for my visit was a course at the EPO. And that was awesome, but I think you would all be really bored if I went into too much detail about that - so I won't!

Vienna has lots and lots of museums, I could only go to some of them.

This is me in front of Wien Museum Karlsplatz.

This museum has my favourite Gustav Klimt painting "Love" - it was so worth the visit!!

Klimts work was the main attraction of the next museum "Secession"

Here they house his "Beethoven Frieze", but the building itself was also impressive, all the detail and the decorations. So beautiful!

After the Secession Hall, I went to Museum Belvedere:

 

After going here, I went to my hotel. I had walked all over Vienna, and I must admit that my feet were getting tired!

This next building is not a museum - it's the French Embassy. But look how beautiful it is!

 

The windows and the balconies and all the gold...wow! I could look at this for a long long time. And really, a lot of the buildings in Vienna were so pretty!

After an hour or so in my hotel room (and some dinner) I went out to see the Albert Loos' American Bar

 

I love stained glass, so naturally I like this a lot :)

There is so much more to share from Vienna, but I will have to split into several posts, so come back!!