Hello again again. It is time for the third day recap of our Vienna excursion. We had our train back to Graz in the evening, so we had the day to keep wondering and investigating the historic Vienna.
Again, we left out apartment quite early and just picked up some breakfast on the go. First, we wanted to head to the cathedral of Vienna. I want to note that yes lots of the places we walk by are churches, but that’s how it is in an old catholic country. Anyway, the St Stephan’s church in Vienna is a really beautiful and interesting building on the outside and fairly interesting on the inside as well. I found a problem with the church - there was a lot of tourists and the church felt very monetized and heavy on making money. It felt little odd at a church and reminded me of a similar cathedral in Prague where I felt the same. There was an electric screen advertising concerts and other events at the church and a store was set inside the church and all this took away some of the awe and spiritual affect that churches especially the big ones have. Still it was nice, and the roof especially is cool and different.
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| Roof was really special looking |
From the church we took a walk route around the old town. We found it from our Austria travel book. We walked by a Jesuit church which was interesting with having more colour like red and green. Also noteworthy were the different shaped pillars in the church, some of them were quite funny. Along the walk we walked by a few other old churches but decided not to go inside. There was an old Jewish quarter with and old mechanical clock. This was interesting and at every hour a historical figure appeared in the images to ring the bell.
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| The clock on the wall |
After the tour we went to the national library of Vienna. It is more of a museum than a library, since we don’t get to touch stuff, but still cool in my books. Hehe. Heheheheheh. Books. Hehe. Anyway, the library was hosting a special exhibition on Emperor Maximilian I. He was the emperor of modern Austria in the 1400-1500 and this year was the 500th anniversary of his death so everything in the exhibition was relating to him. The room was very impressive with murals on the roof and it was satisfying to see all the shelves filled with old books. The books relating to Maximilian regarded his training and education including pictures of flowers, hand-to-hand combat techniques and hunting tips and techniques. There were also four old globes from that time that were interesting. Mainly to see how the world view has developed since. There was some highly valued pages and books that were written in gold text and displayed only for limited times. The most fascinating piece I found was a papal booklet from the Vatican showing Maximilian as an ideal leader for a crusade. Imagine getting something like that in the mail. The national library was a worthy visit and didn’t take hours to get through. From there we grabbed some dinner and headed for the train and the ride went smoothly back to our Grazian home.
Last note I’m not sure yet what day this is gonna post, but It’s probably around Easter, so happy Easter everyone.
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| Statue outside the library |
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| Hand-to-hand combat book |
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| The roof mural depicted different working orders and classes |
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| Some musical notes |
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| Finland found and looking pretty accurate |
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