Innere Stadt /the "City Center" where many of the historical sites are, tons of museums & the imperial palaces of the Hasburgs. The entire area is designated a "Historic District" ... all of the architecture is very old, so the building in the center image above is very controversial. "Haas Hause" is really the only glass and concrete structure of its kind in the Innere Stadt. The statue in the picture next to it is I think of one of the Hasburgs.Below are images of Stephansdom (St. Stephan's Cathedral), began in 1147 but redone in Gothic style in 1359, which is the heart of the city center and Vienna itself. The image on the left is the organ, the center: inside the church and the right: from the outside. The big image below is of Stephansdom's roof, which is all tile & beautiful! in the sunlight.
Above are images of the Jewish Memorial in the "Judenplatz" (jewish square), which was the jewish ghetto from the 13th to 15th centuries. In the 1990s ruins of a synagogue were unearthed & above where it was found a Holocaust Memorial was built to honor Austrian Jews who died in the Holocaust. The rectangular concrete cube is library shelves of books facing inward to signify the amount of knowledge lost due to the Holocaust. Around the base are engraved the naems of places where Austrian Jews were put to death. (We studied this monument in I think my Current Art class at home.. it's very famous.) Next to it is the Jewish Museum. (In the picture above with the wooden door.)
***I actually am at school now & I am headed to the U-bahn stop at Kasiermuhlen to meet a few girls from Webster St. Louis to go there again. They are a few girls that I know but haven't yet seen here in Vienna.
1. a stop down to the U-Bahn, the underground train system
2. a street performer by the palaces that was balancing eggs on a stick on his nose (we thought we was drunk) ...funny little man!
3. Ruins of the old wall that surronded the Innere Stadt
on the left: we thought this looks like the Statue of Liberty, but oops! without clothes? Maybe it's her boyfriend? I will have to do some research on this!
on the right: sort part of the Imperial Palace of the Hasburgs .. that thing is huge I haven't really figure out what is what just yet
on the left: the main Opera of Vienna.. not sure what it's called but you can apparently get standing room only tickets there for 3euro.. something I will have to do before I leave
on the left: the main Opera of Vienna.. not sure what it's called but you can apparently get standing room only tickets there for 3euro.. something I will have to do before I leave
on the right: my favorite picture so far! Rebecca and me with this creepy fountain in Stodtpark. It's of a Viennese Cardinal (who looks soo mean and angry!) with water spewing out onto a naked little baby/cherub thing... just a little disturbing!
Lunch!
left: Robert & Rebecca had not had a real meal in weeks! So they loved the lasagna & spaghetti! ..they have been living on bologne and apples
middle: a sign with what the dishes look like
right: ahhhhh tap water! (sometimes it isn't even free)
ok.. I guess that is all for now! Auf Wiedersehen!
ok.. I guess that is all for now! Auf Wiedersehen!
Later I will put up pics from yesterday at Kaisermuhlen and the Alte Donau!
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