Swan Song...

allo! Salut!
This will be my last post from Europe...tomorrow I travel home and have just printed out boarding passes.

This morning after a nice relaxed breakfast i walked to see the Spanish Riding School do their practice from 10-12 pm.   These creatures are exquisite!  I had read in many places not to expect to much from the public practice...that very often they just walk them around....but we were lucky enough to see some of them being trained (especially standing on the hind legs)....plus many of the moves done in performance....i was so amazed to see it, they are so beautiful...  

This is them!

I do wonder... when the horses are back in their stalls...and talking amongst themselves what they say to each other..."Those humans sure are weird..." (lol)....they are taught to do things so unnatural to their normal movement.  But you can tell that the riders and trainers absolutely LOVE those horses.

Then i walked directly to the Kuntshistorisches or as Rick Steves calls it, the "Kunsthistorwhateveritis" : )
And saw originals of  Carravagio, Rubens, lots of Bruegel....well the list goes on and on...my fave was Vermeer (winks at Karen).

The Art of Painting by Vermeer

 Aside from finishing up here at the internet cafe, that's it for today cept for getting ready for Tosca!  My one chance to wear a dress on this trip! yeehaw!

So auf wiedersehen everyone....be well, be happy, 
special thanks to Mum, John-Pie and Yvonne for their comments...i know it is  hard to figure out how to comment on this thing. so thank you to the rest of you too, who have been patiently reading!!
(and sorry i was so longwinded lol didnt mean to be!)
much love from Vienna!
signed,
Wotsername
xxx