Photos from Vienna

[MarkBarbieri]

After my wife and I left my youngest son in Seoul, we flew on to Vienna, Austria. It was our first visit there. We spent a week in the city. Here are some pictures for our trip. Once again, these are all cellphone pics, so don't expect too much.

It's Austria, so my wife had to try a ski lift.


This was an interesting exhibit at a Museum of Modern History. Each Post-It note was someone's answer to the question "what is worth fighting for?"


This was from a really cool Imperial Armory Museum. Even the horses had cool armor.


This was my favorite suit of armor.


This was at a museum of musical instruments


We saw this while walking through town



This ugly statue was part of a larger display outside the Imperial Palace


This was a meteorite found in China. It was in the Museum of Natural History


This is a 29,000 year old statue called the Venus of Willendorf

 

[BostonEd]

Where on earth did you find a ski lift in Vienna?

Great pics.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

Where on earth did you find a ski lift in Vienna?

Great pics.

At the Museum of Modern Austrian History

 

[MarkBarbieri]

I like ceilings


This is a gold salt and pepper server. Very nice.


This was a mummy at the Welt Museum


This fancy house was at Emperor Franky Joe's summer palace


Here's a view of the summer palace looking back towards town


That's the greenhouse for the summer palace


I loved the wisteria covered paths. They smelled nice, which was a pleasant change from the stench of smokers all over central Vienna.


There we are at the summer palace


This is another palace called the Belvedere. It was the home of Archduke Ferdinand before he was assassinated. Now it is an art museum.


Imagine facing this guy in battle.

 

[klmall]

Imagine facing this guy in battle.
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Imagine trying to look through those eyeholes too!

 

[MarkBarbieri]

 

[MarkBarbieri]

That tower at the back of the park was an old anti-aircraft tower from WW2




Fancy modern art exhibit.Why do most modern artists seem so angry all the time?


Pretty day, so the Viennese were out at the park.


This pair of pictures is an example of how far cellphone camera zooms have come. The first picture is the default camera (not the widest). The second picture is a close-up of the PWC company logo on the office building. They were taken from the same spot. Amazing.








I think that was the most walking I've done in one day in my life (maybe excluding some backcountry hikes).



Overall, we had a nice time in Vienna. We stayed in the city center, which I think was a mistake. It's the most central location and closest to most of the tourist attractions, but it's tourism central. The food there was all mediocre to bad. It was super crowded. And it seemed like everyone was smoking all the time. We enjoyed the city more when we got out and about and explored the non-tourist areas. The food was also much better there.