After our jog, The Bob and I roll around the city and get our bearings of the metro. We decided that Sunday would be a good day to check a museum... so we head to the Mumok (modern art). 9 stories of modern art, expression, architecture, and performance pieces. We decided to start at the bottom and that turned out to be the performance art floor... Movies filled with every possible portrayal human life reenacted through interperative dance, acting, song, fowl, movement, fish, and ect... yes I said fish and fowl... it was a popular thing to rub one's self with in the 60's.. i.d.k.... ask your parents?
The rest of the exhibits were pretty standard and my favorite was by a woman named Maria Lassnig. She study the human form and had an interesting way of portraying it through form and colour.
Monday (check out):
The Bob and I get up again for another run and decide to head towards the city center maybe 5K??? From there we walked around and took the metro back to our hostel. We showered, packed up, locked up our bags in lockers, and then headed out only to find my friends checking in!
So we persuade them to come with us to Karls Platz where Karlskirche Cathedral stands.. probably the most impressive cathedral that I have ever been in... and that is saying something.
This cathedral had scaffolding that took you 15 stories up into the belfry... it was amazing. You were so close to the paintings on the dome that you could actually touch them... we were so high above the church floor that some of the peeps in our group actually got vertigo... not me though... I love the heights!
Following the Cathedral it was time for some food... The first restaurant we found was call the Delicious Monster... where I order a monster chicken burger which was indeed delicious! We also had a few beverages and cake in honor of my friend's 21st birthday... 21 in Vienna? Not too shabby!
Following lunch we parted our seperate ways and The Bob and I headed northeast across the Donau River to New Donau City... high rise buildings on the river constructed of glass, metal and concrete... and also some of the creepiest statues that I have ever seen... check out the link for images...
After our trip to New Donau, we head back to the hostel to collect our things, hopped on the tram to the Sudbanhof Station, and got on our train to.... wait for it...
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA!!!!
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IDK, ask your parents hahaaa haaa ahhhaha
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