Vienna...the city of music and art...I thought we'd run out of things to do here in 3 days, and now I wish we were staying for more...that's what backpacking does...it gives you a taste of new cities and places...
Our Pension owner Gertrude was gracious enough to let us leave our backpacks there after we checked out, so we could enjoy our last day in Vienna backpack-free. We headed first to KurstHausWien, which is this really cool art museum that contains the works of the Austrian artist Hundertwasser. I had never heard of him, and now I am really into his art. He created these incredible spiral paintings, was a political activist, and sought to reconcile modern urban life with environmentalism. His museum contained sloping floors ("the straight line is godless"), tree tenants and a plant filtration system.
After that it was back to the jewel of a vegetarian restaurant we discovered, Art of Life, for a lunchtime vegetarian buffet (all you can eat...even vegetarians have BIG appetites!). The afternoon was devoted to musical history, and was thus the "David" part of the day. We visited Mozart's apartment, where he resided for 3 years. Mozart moved around frequently (unlike his portrayal in the movie "Amadeus"), and actually lived in 18 different Viennese apartments during his lifetime. Then we hopped the S-Bahn out to the cemetery containing Mozart's remains. He has no grave, and no one is exactly sure where he is buried, but they do have a memorial to him at the cemetery. Then it was off to the train station to catch our overnight train to Berlin.
I liked Vienna a lot more than I thought I would...one of my favorite places of the trip. Good thing they speak English, because David and I are not up on our German!
Watch out Berlin...here we come!
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