Vienna: best we ever had

Vienna: the best I ever had.

I dont even know how to describe our trip to Vienna.  I guess it was like a torrid love affair.  It lasted a few days, wore us out, and left us satisfied and smiling from ear to ear.  And that is not easy for a woman to experience.  Oh Vienna, you are simply the best I have ever had.  For now.

We saw quite a few landmark areas such as the: national library, Vienna dom, Votive Kirche, Beethoven Park, St. Charles Kirche, and the Schlossbürn.  We also visited a few museums such as the: Haus der Meer, museum quarter, torture museum, Freud museum, and Haus der Musik.  I also had to snap a picture and actually see Mahlerstrasse, it’s a must for a classical music junky.

The national library of Vienna:
The national library is such a grand and spectacular building.  When we were first looking at the map we just thought it would be an older library that you could walk through and look at the vast collection of books.  However, the library is actually in use for people that want to study and for local college students.  When we approached the library, we were at the back of the building and we just assumed that was the entrance.  When we walked to the front, we were pleasantly surprised by the grandeur of the building.  We walked in and looked around for a bit.  Would we visit again? probably not, one time was enough.

Vienna Dom:

The Vienna Dom was beautiful.  It was in the heart of the city center and it is definitely something worth seeing.  When we were approaching the dom I couldn't help but feel like the Vienna dom looked a lot like the Köln dom.  Regardless, the dom was beautiful and you must see it when you visit Vienna!  Would we go and see it again?  Probably, its one of those buildings where you can just stand and stare at the detailing of the architecture and always find something new.

Votive Kirche:

The Votive kirche was interesting.  We didn't plan on seeing this church, but we got lost on our way to find the Freud museum and ended up running into it.  The Votive kirche is like a smaller version of the Vienna dom, at least thats what I think.  We did not go into the Votive kirche.  Would we go again?  Probably not, its out of the way and is a less awesome version of the Dom.

Beethoven Park:

We went to see the Beethoven park.  It was pretty small, but situated in the middle of the park is a large statue of Beethoven.  I liked the park; however, I would rather visit the park in the summer to see just how beautiful it could be!  Would we go back?  Yes, I have got to see it in the summer!

St. Charles Kirche:

The St. Charles Kirche is beautiful.  Its not quite as ornate and detailed as the Dom, but its not suppose to be super detailed.  The pillars on the front of the church are completely carved, and the detail put into the pillars is amazing.  I really enjoyed this church.  It doesn't look like the typical church you expect to see when sight-seeing.  It was a pleasant surprise.  Would we go again?  Probably.

Schlossbürn Palace:

We saw the palace and it was incredible.  It was gigantic.  A friend of mine told me that you need an entire day to see the entire palace and grounds.  He was sooo right.  If you really want to see the palace you need to dedicate a full day of your trip to the palace.  Unfortunately, we were running out of time so we were only there for a few hours.  However, we did manage to snap some pictures and marvel at the beauty of the palace!  Would we go again? Yes, we still have so much of it to experience.

Haus der Meer:

For those of you that know me, you know I do not like fish that much.  They just creep me out and they look slimy.  I cant deal with it.  This place was like a giant aquarium...sounds like a nightmare for me right?  Well to make it worse, there was also a floor dedicated to giant spiders and scorpions and a whole separate floor for snakes.  Yeah, I had to conquer my fear of spiders for a few hours.  Actually, the aquarium/museum wasn't bad at all!  I kind of liked it and Kortnie really liked it!  There were also some monkeys and birds too!  I think Kortnies favorite part of the aquarium/museum is when i had my head against some glass looking at a creature, and behind the glass directly in front of my forehead was a large poisonous spider.  When she told me, and I looked up, I backed up so fast.  I no longer put my head on glass now.  We also managed to see a monkey making holes in a hand rail, we thought it was cute until he started humping the holes.  Then it was just weird.  Would we go back? ehh. not really sure.

Museum Quarter:
The museum quarter is awesome if you want to see a bunch of museums without having to go far.  Kortnie and I walked to it and around it.  However, we did not go into one of the museums.  Would we go back? yeah, so we could actually go to one of the museums.

                                                                                                 Torture Museum:

I was super excited to see this museum.  The museum is actually situated right behind the aquarium/museum.  It is underground in a WWII bunker.  Just walking through the bunker was pretty cool.  They still had rooms done up like they used to be in case of an emergency.  The actual museum experience was awesome.  There were these wax mannequins dressed up and portraying the different torture experiences and we had a book explaining the origin, history, and procedure of all the different ways to torture people.  Its not very surprising that most of the torture procedures originated in Germany and were carried out in Germany.  Would we go again?  Hell yes.  It was awesome, and surprisingly fun.

Freud Museum:

The Freud museum was interesting.  I learned more about his private life in this museum than I did about his actual work.  This museum is situated in the apartment that Freud used to live in while he lived in Vienna.  The museum was filled with original pictures, furniture, and books.  It was really informative, but it was also really short.  I wish there would of been more information about his work.  But I guess thats what all the other Freud Museums are for.  Anyways, would we go again?  Probably not,  Its worth seeing once.

Haus der Musik:

The haus der musik was awesome.  It was filled with all things music related and it was well kept.  We didn't have a lot of time to look around inside but its definitely something I would want to check out on my next trip to Vienna.

I loved Vienna.  I could see myself staying there for a long time, if not living there.  There is so much to see.  I would highly recommend visiting Vienna.