Vienna: Day Three

Today I didn't wake up as early as I have been. Slightly behind schedule, I had some coffee with Nathan and Ka, then promptly took off in search of more sights. I then began a 'second-time' tour of all the places I went with Nathan on our 'night ramblings' less than 12 hours earlier. This time, to see all those things during the day. I visited the Hapsburg's palace, the library (where hitler addressed the people when the Nazis took Austria, the museums, the gardens and all the other excellent sights in the 'inner city'. About noon it started to get cloudy, which then steadily progressed into a gray, gloomy drizzle, followed by an upgrade to real rain. This worked out to both my delight and advantage. I had been at a point in my day where I wanted to go to a museum. There is one problem with that in Vienna. Which one? The rain limited my choices by forcing me to choose a museum that was very close. The upswing here, I was in the 'museum quarter' (a kind of 'enclosure' with four major museums in the same compound) when the rain started. So, the decision narrowed itself down. I had a Melange (Viennese Latte), and thought over my decision. I ended up going to the Ludwig, which focused on modern-era stuff. It was particularly centered on Klimt, Schiele, and other artists associated with the 'Secession' movement in Vienna. I like it, especially the 'art nouveau' stuff they had going on there'' (Jugendstil in German). I also realized I like art when it has a function. I found myself really noticeably more drawn to the design of furniture and implements more than anything else. I guess I like 'design'. Whatever. But all in all I had a great day and saw some amazing stuff. After all the running around was done and said, Ka and Nathan took me out to dinner. We are in a traditional Viennese restaurant. We had Schnitzel and so forth. It was delicious! A perfect ending to a great and awesome day. I also saw some pretty cool graffiti in Vienna that was done by an international artist name Banksy (click on this link its pretty awesome, thanks Nathan!)