Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Vienna

It is lunchtime and I have no idea what day it is. It still has not rained on us but it is a little cooler today. We went of a tour of Vienna this morning and to St Stephan's Cathedral. It is very fancy, ornately decorated and very old. It took over 100 years to build. Imagine how angry the public would be if it took 100 years to build a church these days. Still, I don't reckon our ones will still be around in 600 years.I continue to be fascinated by the statues, paintings, tapestries and mosaics. They are very detailed and graphic. I guess it is because people could not read so they had to tell stories through pictures. They are very proud of Mozart and Strauss, both of whom were married in the Church we visited this morning. People are dressed up olden days style and we have a great photo of Mozart talking on his mobile phone outside the palace. He died at 36 after having 6 children, only 2 of which survived. His wife died at 28.
I bought a pair of shoes while waiting for the bus. Adrian thought that 6 pairs of shoes is already enough to have on holidays but you can never have too many shoes.

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