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Wednesday

25.Mai.2011

For the second time, our class went to the Kunsthistorisches Museum, this time going to the second floor. Most of this floor contained painting. It had paintings from Albrecht Duerer, a German renaissance man, Peter Paul Reubens, a dominantly Baroque style artist, and Rembrandt, the famous Dutch Psychological Portrait painter. Each painting was beautiful and unique.

Our professor, Dr. O, asked us to write a journal entry about the following topic: If you could steal 3 pieces of work from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, which would they be? These were my answers

1. small bronze statue of Minerva
2. larger statue of Aphrodite and Eros
3. a still life by Maria von Oosterwijck called “Vanitas Still Life”

After class Alex had again something with her class, so Trevor and I went to see the Imperial Treasury (Alex had already gone with her class). We didn’t spend a lot of time there and I kind of wish that I had gotten a guided tour through it all, but even so, walking through it was overwhelming. Everything must have been worth my life times two. We saw jewels, crowns, even an ornate cradle in the treasury. It was the one place that all girls want to go to in Vienna. I loved it.

After waiting for Alex at the Institute, I was famished from not eating lunch yet. We grabbed food from a street vendor and sat in the park while eating our food. That park is so beautiful. It lies right along the Ring and is a nice break from the busy city.

Alex and I were very jealous of Trevor whose host family got tickets to the biggest soccer game in Vienna, but we were excited to have a girl’s night. I had some big plans in mind. Before dinner, Alex and I went to a couple shops down our street. We had high hopes for them but really didn’t find anything that we loved or were willing to pay for. After a simple dinner, Alex and I headed over to MQ (Museum Quartier). We had seen them set up for something and when we asked, the response was everything that Alex wanted and more. We went to see a ballet that night. Not just any ballet, but one using a crane and fork lifts. It was a very contemporary ballet. I found out that it was in honor of Leopold and how he met his wife. It was actually really cool and very awesome to see. I’ve never seen anything like it.

We called the night pretty early but not after getting hit on while riding the train home. Good thing I am good at voiding off boys. We got home quite safely and went right to bed.