After Christmas - Vienna

Wien(Vienna), Austria - about -4degree Celcius.
The city of art, music, theatre, and opera.
The city within the ring.

We arrived here by a minivan, which I hired through the internet. costs, 31pounds each.
So much more worth if we were to get a train ticket, which will costs about 50 pounds each.

The famous Wien Sacher torte(Chocolate cake) 5 pounds for a piece! simply irresistable...

Vienna TOWN HALL.
a neo gothic style building.

Austria's Parlament.

Did'nt manage to go inside any of this buildings. No entry. lol.
But they're so stylish!

This is inside the huge Hofburg Palace,
where currently is home to the President of Vienna. It belonged to rulers of Vienna long time ago.

VIENNA STAATS-OPERA HAUS.

where Orchestras and Operas are being held here daily, with different set of songs everyday!
Different songs daily!... wonder how they practice... wonder how many orchestra teams are there...

The view at the top of the stage hall.

The stage, and the back drop which is changed daily as well.

''Konzerte im Mozarthaus''.

Hehe, and we went to watch a quartet at night. YAY! costs 25EUROS for students.

It was held at ''Mozart House'', which is the oldest concert hall in Vienna where Mozart used to work and play for a Bishop.
The walls of the little room were decorated with floral paintings. so pretty. sigh i wish i was one of the violinist :D only Han Ying knows how to play violin in our group. hmph! jealous!

The quartet were brilliant. Especially the first violin player, Lucy Hall. She had the skill and also the charm, she played with so much expression, that i think everyone was only staring at her.

They played the works of
Mozart's including
The Allegro di Molto in Dmajor, Presto, and Andante.
J.S.Bach - his famous 'AIR'. so perfect.... I wanted to cry when this song was played. ;~~
etcetc.

The 2nd day in Vienna, we visited Schonbrunn Palace.
The home of the Habsburg during summer ,powerful rulers of Vienna long ago:)

So cold that the pond became ICE! the surface at least.... so we tried to break thru it. heeee...

Me and Han Ying went to visit the so-called fun ''House of Music''. But we didnt manage to play much at the end cause of time restriction , so sad...

I manage to conduct an orchestra though! I think maybe its from Wii. lol. so fun.
all i can say is dont come to this place, if u have no interest in Music.

We went to another performance on the 2nd night! kena conned into watching it kinda. We should have watched the opera performance in Staats Opera Haus.
The Quartet here was ok, i didnt have much fun watching here. No expression one!
But lucky there were opera singing, and ballet performances as well..:)

Me and Jiun at the concert.

The Naschmarkt.
like their own Pasar Pagi.

All kinds of things are sold here!!! like really second hand or really old stuff..
Jiun bought a shoe for 7 pounds, and the base of the shoes came off the next day... =.= cheaters..

Nyam nyam! All sorts of food were sold here as well, like kebabs, sausages, Strudels, and really huge plain bread.. for a reasonable price!

Vienna... the city within the ring, because much of their attractions and shopping streets are located within a small region.. and there are trams which takes us along the circumference of the ring..
I love Vienna because of its Culture.. *dreams of becoming an artist*