Tuesday 21 June 2011

Vienna, Mozart orchestra and Schonbrunn Palace

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The interior design of Musikverein - Golden Hall. Watching a concert by the local orchestra is a must when one visits Vienna. Vienna is a classical music hub after all!

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The hall was fully packed with people, or rather tourists! It’s a bit too touristy for me, but definitely well worth the money.

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Gentlemen with Wigs and leggings. What a sight!

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The choir supporting the Orchestra.

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Interval. I love those music stands! Time for photoshoot Winking smile

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Everyone’s well dressed for the occasion. Look at the happy faces :) We even made some friends there. Had a good chat with a lovely family from the US.

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The conductor, the soprano, and the male lead. 都是爱演的一族.

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The end of the concert. It was a standing ovation!

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Schloss Belvedere. A stunning palace.

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伯乐与千里马。维也纳版。

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A hybrid between a fish and a horse. A seahorse!

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The garden of Schloss Belvedere

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Schloss Schonbrunn. Schloss means castles in the German language. This was the summer residence for the Imperial family.

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The Austrians built a magnificent fountain and a great arch on the hill top overlooking the garden.

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Perseus with the head of Medusa. Watch Clash of the Titans and you’ll see what I meant. Avoid looking at the eyes of the Medusa- it will STONE you! LOL. muahaha. I love greek mythology.

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The only thing in focus is the “horse-driver”. Fetish camera.

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Best photo of the year.

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A plant in the Japanese garden. 姐姐妹妹站起来.

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The greenhouse in Schloss Schonbrunn Gardens. With riceballs around it. Gosh I miss Melacca’s chicken rice balls.

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No comment. banned. – written by Daniel. :(

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The Hundertwasser House. It significantly stood out among the grey and normal big city buildings. It’s a colorful, leafy, fairytale castle!

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The Austrians even specifically design their waste combustion building. How bizarre is that!

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The national opera house of Vienna. The Phantom of the Opera~~ opps. that’s in Paris.

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They even placed an owl on the exterior of its university building, strange people strange place. What’s even stranger is that they put a fake Johann Strauss statue to cover for the real one when the real one is under renovation. And they made Strauss second to us. We are the champions!

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The famous Mozart statue

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With treble clef made of yellow flowers!

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*wink*

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The food in Vienna is… uhh, not too bad. But the drinks, see below, is SPECIAL!

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The one of the left is an Austrian soft drink, and the one on the right, chili beer! It’s uniquely spicy, worth a try! Parliament building with Athena statue.

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Karlskirchethe: finest of Vienna’s baroque churches. We wrote signatures with iPhones, marking the end of a wonderful visit to Vienna. Good bye Vienna~

The end of Vienna

Sunday 5 June 2011

Vienna, Austrian National Library (Prunksaal/State Hall)

这也是不可错过的景点,虽然要缴入门票,但是一切都值得。IMG_7494 copy

我简直傻眼,没看过这么漂亮的图书馆,我爱这个地方!

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这些是还没进去前的一些照片

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有一点S字形的楼梯,没电梯哦,要爬上去的。

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这里面灯光不是很充足,拍照要有一些技巧,以上的照片都是拍了好几张弟

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再来往上一看,头有点晕;实在太大了。

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那画名为战争与律法的寓言,在1730年完成。

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我发现书架上是这样标号码的,喜欢。

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图书管理员应该蛮辛苦吧?

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有个雕像!哦!

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合照一下。

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大牛怎么可以错过?呵呵。

待续

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