Our first full day in Vienna was our second rainy day on the trip. We had our orientation meeting and arranged to do the Untours-sponsored event - a day-trip out of Vienna. We also ordered tickets to a concert by the Vienna Mozart Orchestra.
After the meeting, we went looking for the Hofbrau and the Spanish Riding School to pick up our tickets for a performance of the Lipizzaner horses. This is the one things we arranged before the trip. After picking up the tickets, we went in different directions. The rain picked up, and we managed to get ourselves lost before we finally got on a bus and found our way to the Leopold Museum. We saw a lot of Hungarian and Austrian artists, and got reacquainted with some other ones. We refreshed with some coffee at the museum, and went through another floor. Finally our feet gave out, and we headed out. By now, the rain had moved out, and we did an exploration ride on the trolley around the Ring Road.
More rain the next morning, but it finally slacked up. We headed out to go to the Albertina Museum. This was definitely a high point. The art is in a new building; royal rooms are in the old palace part of the building, with all the gorgeous rugs, parquet floors, chandeliers, etc. Click here to see the Albertina Museum web page. The sun was shining brightly when we left the museum. Our second museum that day was the Kunst Museum - the very old museum. It's a gorgeous old building, with some great stuff. They have a Vermeer, which is always special. And 8 Rembrandts (4 portraits and 4 self-portraits).
By now, my knees were really hurting, so we called it a day. There was some more rain while we were eating dinner, but it didn't keep us from finishing the day off with some bridge.
Today's picture is of the courtyard outside the Spanish Riding School in Vienna.
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