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General Tips: ALWAYS SOMETHING TO LEARN ALONG THE WAY
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Fondest Memory: In the USA, There is a word that is considered slang and vulgar. (In fact, VT just requested that I not use it, so I won't) This word is commonly used, but it is not a word for polite society.
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Imagine the reaction I had reading the PISSOR sign on a building in Vienna! (Michael, 'globetrott,' has just taken the time to kindly informed me that the word on the sign is actually, 'Pissoir,' not 'Pissor' as I thought. Thank you Michael for coming to my aid. Your effort is greatly appreciated!)
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So, as I was saying--Finding out that Pissoir is a 'proper' term in the elegant city of Vienna, gives the word 'pissoir'(--minus the 'oir') a better status in my mind, but I still can't use it in my own vocabulary, and obviously I can't use it here!
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museums: VIENNA: HOT BED OF CREATIVITY
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Favorite Thing: Vienna seems to be a hot-bed for creativity and I wanted to search out the sites relating to some of the most famous people in the world who either were born in Vienna or who had spend creative years in this city.
Naturally, I wasn't successful this time. However, I did master the public transportation system!
Some of my Favorite people associated with Vienna:
Haydn (1732-1809) lived at Haydngasse 19.
Marie Antoinette, (1755-1793) Queen of France, born in Vienna to
Maria Theresa (1717-1780), Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Mozart (1756-1791) Buried in an unmarked pauper’s grave in St. Marx’s,
Beethoven(1770-1827)—lived his last 35 years in Vienna,
Schubert (1797-1828) born in Vienna,
Strauss (1825-1899) Son of
Johann Strauss (1804-1849) Praterstrasse 54, where he composed his waltz, 'The Blue Danube' is now home of the Strauss Museum,
Brahms (1833-1897)—lived his last 11 years in Vienna,
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)—his apartment: Berggasse 19 has become a museum cemetery....And a new favorite,
'globetrott' was born here and lived on Quelstrasse, check with "globetrott" for the exact number. :-) Also take a look at his Vienna page for more detail.
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Favorite Thing: A Complex collection of buildings that take up about 59 acres and since almost every ruler made additions, you can see represented many styles such Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo. Classicism and the style of the early 1870’s.
Until 1918 this was the seat of government.
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Pawtuxet Fri Mar 2, 2007 13:59 UTC
We're all waiting to hear what that word was!?? Can't see what's in the pic well enough to venture a guess. Looks like a beautiful city...just the name evokes lovely visions. | tiabunna Sat Feb 10, 2007 03:16 UTC
I enjoyed your Vienna page, Linda, it looks as if some time could be well spent there. Hope to visit one day, but somehow don't think I'll choose your hotel! | Kuznetsov_Sergey Fri Jan 12, 2007 13:31 UTC
I'll remember Vienna by Linda as a city of Globetrot and a huge a advertisement to Russia - Communist country with Capitalistic cars, ladies and gentlemen... Thanks for sharing! | TinKan Sun Dec 7, 2003 18:02 UTC
Such a nice city Linda. I love going back to the little side streets to explore. Next time you had better just skip the breakfast. |
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