schönbrunn, montag

Today we went to Schönbrunn. Schönbrunn is a Very Famous Palace/Summer Residence/Schloss that a lot of really famous Austrians hung out in, including Maria Theresa, Sissi, Franz Joseph, etc. Its name is an abbreviated version of the translation of "Beautiful fountain". The inside rooms were amazing, but fotografieren was VERBODEN, so no pics. All the complex inlaid wooden floors made me wish Leah was here to explain how the hell they did all that. The interior was quintessential Rococo, and although it's still too frilly for my tastes I could appreciate the style a lot more seeing it in person. It's dazzling. I also walked through the room where 6-year-old Mozart gave his first big deal performance (thought of June here, hi June).



The gardens are incredibly large. There were a lot of impressive/ruined fountain sculptures. I think I'll come back and explore some more, like in the maze and the big hill, because we were all too tired and hot to do a lot of walking here. By the time we got there, there still weren't too many tourists! Last year this place got about 2.5 million visitors. Sheiße.



We got lunch before class. Jessica & Justin got some Brote from a restaurant around Stephansplatz, which, at least where we were (Bieradies Pub or something), was a really long piece of bread with cheese and other stuff:



Everyone in our group was hilariously tired today because of all our activities yesterday, getting back late, and waking up early. It's all really great though. I love this.