UPDATE

Mein Essen! Sauerkraut mit Brot und Knoedeln!


I've been slacking on keeping this blog up to date with everything my class has been doing in Vienna.
We've been all over the U-Bahn, as well as the city itself. Last week we went on a three-hour-long walking tour of the Secession, visiting various architectural structures, learning about and identifying works of Jugendstil (Youthful Style).
Last night we experienced our first Viennese opera- "Silome"-in the beautiful, regal Staatsoper.
We've visited Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele exhibits, studied numerous pieces of Fin-de-Siecle Vienna art.
And we've had free time to explore the city as young adults.

Here's a photo recap of some of the highlights of my trip as of...today.


In the gardens of Schloss Schoenbrunn, prior to a terrific downpour as well as a visit to the Imperial Zoo at Schoenbrunn.

Egon Schiele, an unfinished work.
Schiele interests me because he painted humans with very distinct features.
Also, he died at the age of 28. I assumed suicide to be the cause (all great artists seem to have some sort of psychological issue present); in reality, this man contracted the Spanish Influenza and died, as did his pregnant wife.

Art above a statue of...Mozart? I believe... In the Stadtpark.

University of Vienna. Students attend University here for free...but this is apparently supposed to change. Students may, in the future, have to pay around 4oo Euros to attend. What outrage! If only I were so lucky!

A view overlooking Schoenbrunn and Vienna, from a bridge in the Imperial Zoo.



GUINEA PIGS. They have their own exhibit at the Imperial Zoo.

Gustav Klimt's "Death and Life"


Hopefully I'll be better at consistantly updating....