Day 10 - Museums in Vienna

Hapsburg Gold Center Pieces

The Art Museum

Egyptian Room Vienna Art Museum

We got up early and had breakfast.  Then headed to the museums.  We saw Imperial Palace.  It was of course huge and the first part of the museum was dedicated only to all the dishes, china and centerpieces the Hapsburg royalty used.The center pieces were all in gold and then and there I decided I needed to spice up my table at home, perhaps with a huge gold centerpiece.  We then saw the Sisi museum, dedicated to the empress Elizabeth, the mother of the Duke who killed himself and his mistress at Mayerling. Sad. It is too bad that they didn't have any way of treating depression a hundred and fifty years ago. But of course we moved on to see the royal apartments. They were in very good shape and gave me a few decorating ideas. (for the new wing of the palace in Texas when we get around to it.)

We then toured the royal treasury and saw crowns and jewelry and other items that made the monarchy the richest in Europe.   We then crosses the street to the art museum and the time we had left we did not do it justice. We have to come back here, there is too much to see. The building was incredible and all marble.  Feeling tired, we headed back to the hotel to watch prime BBC TV,which is no great shakes but it was either the BBC or Law and Order in German. Tomorrow on to Budapest.