9 STAGE VIENNA TRAVEL 2008

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1. 9^ Stage Melk - Vienna

 

2. Sankt Pölten

 

3. Jakob Prandtauer NATO Sankt Pölten, the 16 September 1726 was a famous Austrian architect

 

4. I decide to follow the state and not the path much longer. After a 30 miles of Sankt Pölten I have breakfast

 

5. Here I meet a Polish waiter gives me valuable information on the city of Vienna

 

6. For a few miles of the trail take advantage of this tractor ... incredibly average Emboss over 30kmorari

 

7. Neulengbach

 

8. The picturesque Apotheke (pharmacy)

 

9. On the outskirts of Vienna I walk dirt roads and find my way with difficulty ... just know the x direction of the city center

 

10Here ... a meeting off-duty cop in mbk that lends itself to accompany me on a city x "short" visit

 

11. La cicalata

 

12. Guardians alert

 

13. ..someone peering at me you will never wonder who that guy?

 

14Others do word of mouth ....

 

15Meanwhile ... I pedal with the nose

 

16Winged horses ....

 

17Defy the clouds ...

 

18Chariot with ...

 

19General ...

20. and leaders ...

21. Strange animals ...

22Written with precious golden ....

233 balloons ... challenge the monuments and the clear sky

24A griffin ... brings me back to earth

25... In front of the statue of the goddess Victory

26It seems all a dream ...

27Indeed .... a film in black and white

28... But the traffic noise wakes me up . It is true they are in Vienna

29Colored .... ..( I requested and received from the police officer permission to publish some of his photos on the site)

30And ... festive concert in the square ...

31Similarities ...

32Fairytale town .....

33... There is even a fairy tale wedding .... with a "coach" without pumpkins

34Could not miss ... like my Bianchi ???

35…the film you turn it live as you stroll ...

36. in every corner everywhere you turn you see monuments

37. Palaces

38. and portals

39. Dream ...

40. The Cathedral of Stephanplatz

41 simply magnificent ... his roof

42Just ... the inside with lots of memorabilia

43Out there .... and I his valiant and historic Sacrato with my bike.. with my usual face fake(?) silly

44 next to Stephansplatz an alchemy ... a mixture of palaces and parks

45. The old station (?) near the Albertina museum ... where they filmed several old movies

46Around ... and there I

47Color ... and this time

48. a panoramic view over the rooftops ...

49.... And then off to find a hotel not too "dear". I find it not far from the center ... in his room a pastoral

50. a refreshing and rejuvenating shower then I decided to go and visit the Opera bleak but surprise .. The laws cicalata side

51. The cicalata

52. I go to the Opera Theatre with the intention of vistarne its interior. X If I find out that today give The Marriage of Figaro

53.. but despite the long queue and waiting, I suit in, I can not enter. But with a stroke of magic ...

54.... With my usual face fake(?) idiot.. I am exhausted after a gallop this, just in time to witness the work

55. The curtain falls .... ... lights the atmosphere

56The flywheel .... 4 hours work ( What are the rest of the face of eternity?) and fly well the applause then head to the cathedral

57. x do 1 photo brain = you aim flatten eyes imagining this subject and still remains etched click perpetual

58.. in limitale of fatigue inspired me ... What is life ? perhaps it is the art (or illusion?) of knowing how to tame the instinct and the time

59Certain and eternal .... for me that I will not forget the different faces that I met today

60 what a beautiful day today as well and think that the time was threatening rain and turbulence .... it was.. 61.All a dream ....???

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On the outskirts of Vienna, even I have trouble even let me indicate one simple direction of the city center. In a dirt bike trail encounter a friendly off-duty cop, che gira in mbk. ( x the privacy omit his name) We with pleasure and knowledge lends itself to accompany me in various places of the city and act as my cicerone ... zupa supa supa said everything beautiful and I prune prunes . After 3 hours of intense pedaling turning the city into the length and breadth ... in the end it was he who said, prunes and I supa .. ..supaGlobalization of this ... more ...

Nice to visit but in fact I was standing by the 6 and even in today's stage had made "only" 80 km (?) was dead tired ... I had not washed and I had not even eaten., and 'so that the 15 always with the help of the policeman before we say goodbye I find a hotel not too expensive, in the center.. Here ... but how big is the center?

Thinking about the New Year's Concert closely followed by the Italians and as usual Eurovision broadcast from Vienna, I decide to visit the Opera House ... this time in its interior, however,

I put myself diligently in a row and only after half an hour I realize that the people this makes the tail but not to endorse the theater to watch ... sigh!! to a concert..

What to do???…on the one hand I was intrigued by the work, on the other I was sorry not to take advantage of the limited time available x visit the city ... maybe witnessing the mass celebrated in German (?) in the beautiful Cathedral Stephanplatz .

Meanwhile, I had made friends with some people ( mostly young people of different nationalities and) close to my location..

Publicly confess that even I can not comprehend, so as to be able to, since I can barely speak, I do not say a foreign language, but at least the Italian correctly. I assume, incorporated or unconsciously assimilated a kind of esperanto.. so that time flies, and even "speak" for more than an hour . I thus discover that with 1 only € you can see the work until all the seats ... but only Sigh!!..that we must stand; if there are no subscribers, the first entered, can even sit in their place ... well I find that the work program is in the famous Le Nozze di Figaro, to music for the 1st time at this theater 200years ago by Mozart himself.. but sigh!! I find also that opera lasts 4 hours And ... I have not eaten ....

As I prepare to take the ticket, the mask tells me that I can not enter, because I do not have the proper dress (I wore the suit) sigh!! I did not know whether to rejoice or.. cry . People immediately took position in my defense.. I will .. that of the usher ...

One girl even he proposed to accompany me to a nearby store to buy a pair of pants ... Thus was born a fun and intriguing contest.. so that made me gush all over my Italian pride ... I told her not to worry that within an amen with a stroke of magic I would have to re ... so I made a run cutting and "flying" for the city parki x about 3 km up to my hotel .. and I sought cambiandomi time and so x the work ... they were all happy primarily the usher he did not know + how to justify his impassive ( understandable for me) inflexibility

I think positive = after so many hours sitting pedaling star in pedi x 4h I can only do good .. also is a form of concentration and self-discipline, otherwise the risk is to let up in the frenzy schizophrenic without limit and in the end want to see everything and more ... at any cost

Rediscovering my being so humble traveler and not an arrogant tourist who is believed to pre-powerful all-knowing, or worse ... the best gifts are unexpected rest of us remains only the predisposition or better attention in knowing how to accept and enjoy ... you become so ... unwittingly yet + wise and not by virtue but by necessity ...

The stupendous work ends at midnight. Took a leap to the nearby cathedral and then as not enough advantage of the hotel's settled pc photos that for days scaricavo the card ... A busy day ... no doubt about it ... certainly when , will no longer be the same as previous years

As soon as I close my eyes you are already awake waiting for me today ricomunica Brno and Spilberg of Silvio Pellico. It might be said of everything on this trip : absurd hard tiring .. certainly not boring you can say ..