We went to the Secession. Beautiful building, though it wasn’t received as such by the citizens of Vienna when it was first unveiled in 1898. Saw the remnants of Klimpt’s Beethoven Frieze inside. Quite beautiful. From there we took a stroll through Art Nouveau and modernist Vienna. Matching pavilions by Otto Wagner in Karlsplatz were [...]

After our nice time at the market we went to the Leopold Museum in search of more Klimpt paintings. It’s a very modern building, filled with light from an interior light well. The museum is located in this lovely square which also contains Vienna’s Museum of Modern Art which is even more modernistic. The person [...]

Off to the Naschmarkt Saturday morning. I have been keen to get here since seeing Anthony Bourdain’s Vienna show. It lived up to expectations. Felt very similar to Victoria Market. Locals struggling through the hordes of tourists to get their weekly fresh food supplies. We started with breakfast. Joe and I both had ham and [...]

We visited the Belvedere, home of the Hapsburgs. Impressive building and grounds. This is the Upper Belvedere, the main palace and home to the major art collections they acquired over time. Beautiful topiary. Out the back and also in front. Nice straight lines. You can see the Lower Belvedere behind the fountain. Joe thinks scenes [...]

We went cycling on our sixth day in Vienna. Great city for cycling. Very flat. Twenty percent of locals cycle to work daily. A good system of bike paths where cyclists have right of way over pedestrians and are separated from cars. They also have right of way over cars at intersections without lights. Visitors [...]