I have a view of the Opera house from the IKI classroom.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum, where I spent most of my afternoon Friday.
I then took a trip to the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum) in the Museumsquarter and spent four hours there. Part of that was because I’d planned on going to a welcome party IKI was hosting that evening, but it wasn’t exactly difficult to spend that much time there, either — the place is huge. In addition to the immense number of paintings and sculptures, the museum had a surprising number of mummies for an art museum. There was a full display on Egypt and mummies, including not only human mummies but animal mummies, as well.
I found this sculpture very interesting, due to the fact it’s maintained its color.
Just a small portion of the unexpected Egyptian section of the museum.
My favorite part, however, were the automations on display. There was a video demonstrating what they did, although I wish there had been more information regarding how they worked. The intricacy of the work was impressive.
This was my favorite automation — the ship would move slowly across a table, and play a song before the cannons fired off with a pop.
Today I went with a group from IKI to Jubiläumswarte, a viewing tower from which we could see the city of Vienna and some of the surrounding countryside. We hiked part of the way there, which wasn’t too bad. On the way I spoke with some other students at IKI. I enjoyed hearing about where they were from and why they were learning German at IKI. Once we were at the top of the tower, it was a gorgeous view.
The Jubiläumswarte! How many steps does it have? A lot!
There’s the city of Vienna!
Deanna Seely
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Love,
Mommy