Holiday - Towns and Cities
May. 28th, 2016 07:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitOne day we went to Bad Ischl, which is where Emperor Franz-Joseph had his summer villa. It's also where he signed the document which took Austro-Hungary into armed conflict with Serbia and thus began World War 1. It was interesting seeing a facsimile of the letter he wrote to the Austrian people explaining why he was taking that step. His bedroom has been preserved next to the study where he wrote the letter and looking at it I wondered whether he would have done the same even if he had realised the catastrophe he was unleashing. I got the impression he would.
The middle picture is of the study window, on the upper floor. To reach the Kaiservilla you walk across the bridge over the River Ischl:
On another day we went to Salzburg:
The last picture is of the inside of the Dom (Cathedral). When we were there we heard a choir singing, both Mozart pieces as well as modern spirituals. They had come from Wingate University, Charlotte, North Carolina and it was lovely to hear them. Salzburg, of course, is the home of Mozart:
On the way back we stopped overnight in Koblenz:
The first picture is of the River Rhine, the second of the Moselle, the third is the Deutsches Eck, where the two rivers meet and lastly is the statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I.
Whilst all the scenery was beautiful, I prefered visiting the towns and cities and enjoying the history.
The middle picture is of the study window, on the upper floor. To reach the Kaiservilla you walk across the bridge over the River Ischl:
On another day we went to Salzburg:
The last picture is of the inside of the Dom (Cathedral). When we were there we heard a choir singing, both Mozart pieces as well as modern spirituals. They had come from Wingate University, Charlotte, North Carolina and it was lovely to hear them. Salzburg, of course, is the home of Mozart:
On the way back we stopped overnight in Koblenz:
The first picture is of the River Rhine, the second of the Moselle, the third is the Deutsches Eck, where the two rivers meet and lastly is the statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I.
Whilst all the scenery was beautiful, I prefered visiting the towns and cities and enjoying the history.
