Vienna I

30 January 2007

6.30 am , departed from Olomouc.
9.30 am , arrived at Wien Sudbahnhof Vienna

Taking in every sight and sound of Vienna....

Entrance to Imperial Palace

Vienna , the city of music. Not only does it boast of the most number of world renowned musicians any country can ever offer- Mozart , Brahms , Strauss , Schubert to name but a few ,but also offer a whole wide range of other entertainments. Vienna alone has more than 50 museums with exhibits from the Austrian empires all the way to masterpieces from artists like Van Gogh and Klimt , there is too much to do in too short a time. My 72 hours trip to Vienna started straight away...

Museum Quartiers
Volkstheatre

The first two buildings that came into sight were the Volkstheatre and the Musuem Quartiers. Museum Quartier houses modern and contemporary art , with the world biggest Egon Schiele collection ,and masterpieces of many other 20th century artists. As i am not a big fan of art pieces , there is no point entering it. So with a few snapshots , we headed towards the Imperial Palace.

Imperial Palace , the house to the ruling Habsburg Dynasty for over 6 centuries , i can only said that it is awesome. By paying only 7 euros , we got the chance to visit the Imperial Silver Collection where the splendour of Imperial dining wares are put on display, the Sisi Museum where the chronicles of life of the most celebrated Empress Elizabeth are told , and finally the Imperial Apartment where one by one , the magnificence of the daily life of the noblest family of the Habsburg monarchy is revealed.

Theseus Temple in Volksgarten

The Parliament House beside the Imperial Palace is equally enchanting and impending ,too. It exudes an air of righteousness and fairness that deserves every respect and honour. The statue that stood in front of the house just add on to the magnificence of the whole scene.

I also got the chance to take a nostalgic ride in the century-old Giant Ferris Wheel , both the symbol of the Viennese Prater and a Viennese landmark. As the wheel slowly rotated at a speed of 0.75m/sec , different angle of the panaromic sights of Vienna is brought into view.

Danube Tower, at a height of 252 metres , is undoubtedly one of Vienna's most prominent landmarks. Ya , landmark , so near yet so far. We walked and walked , thinking that we were approaching yet the more we walked the more we realised that it was so far away. There were times when we wanted to just call it a day , but another part of us refused it as we have come so far to just give up. Luckily , after more than 2 km of walk , we finally reached Danube Tower. The spectacular view of Vienna from on top of the tower far compensated all the rigours.