Sunday, November 27, 2011

Travel Report : Eastern Europe - Vienna (Day 7)

the second day kat vienna, kitaorg plan utk cover hofburg palace, mcm lanjutan dr visit ke palace the day before lah. Hofburg palace ni dekat dlm vienna... huge complex yg dulunya palace now rasanya dijadikan government office. only some part of it yg dibuka utk visit. we bought the grand tour, byk bilik blh tengok. the ticket also cover museum pinggan mangkuk and sisi museum.


museum pinggan mangkuk tu was at first quite interesting. rajin lah aku tgk satu2 n dgr audio guide. tp after dah berpuluh2 set pinggan mangkuk dia display, pastu plak setiap inci gold n bunga nak diexplain, tak larat aku dengar... aku settle 1/3 dr museum, lepas tu... aku skip skip je... tak larat wo...

but the second part was interesting, the sisi museum. ni cite pasal wife kepada the emperor of austria and king of hungary i.e. Franz Josef 1. Boleh baca detail di mana??? di wikipedia.... anyway, secara ringkas sisi ni kawin masa muda. awalnya emperor ni masa belum jd emperor nak dijodohkan dgn kakak dia. tp sbb kakak dia gelap skit masa dipertemukan dgn emperor, the emperor pilih sisi. sisi mmg tak nak jadi empress terpaksa... so hidup dia dlm keadaan dia benci kan perkahwinan and semua benda dia perlu buat as empress... dan dia pun selalu travel n tak dok kat umah jaga husband dia. Sisi museum tu byk lah tunjuk apa yg sisi tu buat and melahirkan perasaan sisi. apparently, sisi ni keje dia sikat rambut n bersenam (kurus giler and said to be most beautiful dlm negara dia) and tulis poem. so poem dia byk menceritakan kisah duka dia dan dia rasa nak mati. dia finally mati dibunuh. Frankly museum ni mmg best, sbb kitaorg mmg terasa moved by the poem n exhibits.

then baru masuk the main rooms of hofburg palace. since kitaorg dah g schrobrunn the day before, hofburg ni takde apa sgt... ada byk bilik fungsi dia sama. tp since ada citer pasal sisi, agak boleh relate n ada lah skit2 berbeza.

after hofburg, we had lunch at Naschmarkt. said to be the biggest open air market. tp banyak nya restaurant je. we again ate chinese food yg super delicious.... restaurant ni tak serve pork, so kitaorg ambik seafood and veggie je lah.after that we took a train utk ke islamic center... aku salah pilih route, so agak panjang gak perjalanan. but we were surprised that the masjid kat islamic center ni besar and boleh nampak from train station. if you go to vienna, g la ke neue donau. dr station tu blh nampak masjid. tak jauh walking distance je.ohh... sebelum makan, kitaorg ada lah ke opera house, dekat stephanplatz tu. plannya nak g cari tiket tengok opera. and kitaorg beli lah tiket utk show yg gabungkan opera and some ochestra. so mlm tu lps solat maghrib terus ke tempat show tu. the show was ok, tp sgt touristic. byk dr china dtg situ. not really impressive. the set up pun mcm majlis makan malam sultan2 kat malaysia. ada tak sampai 10 pemain muzik. tp yg aku impress is the opera singer sorang ni. kalau dia ni standard show cikai ni pun dah best. kalau the real one mesti lagi best. i do not really recommend korang tgk show ni. and kalau nak tgk jugak, try get the cheap ticket for the real opera. although tak faham i guess the experience to be in the hall pun dah best :-)


after the show.. straight shoot balik. masa balik ari tu sbb dah lewat, takut jugak kalau2 kena follow org mabuk lagi. tp nampaknya timing masa balik tu mcm ramai org2 lain yg dtg dr some other event. dr gaya mcm some opera show jugak, sbb mostly dress up cantik. anyway, that's the end of our vienna trip. tomorrow... balik ke budapest, via bratislava, slovakia.

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