Well its been another week, and so now I have some more fun things to talk about! It seems like we finally buckled down to working on museums here in Vienna.
Tuesday after class, we headed out to Schloss Schonbrunn once more, but this time to hit up the Tiergarten (animal garden). The Tiergarten is the world's oldest zoo, having been founded in 1752! We were all surprised how large it was, and how many animals they have from all over the world. In particular, I enjoyed seeing the emu and piranha (strange combination, huh?), as well as the myriad other animals (birds, traditional animals, koala, penguins, etc) that they had.
Yesterday ended up also being a lot of fun. I went with a couple guys to the Naturhistorisches Museum and it was incredible. Unlike museums at home, this natural history museum has almost no information-just specimens. But holy cow, did they have a lot of specimens! Fossils, birds, gems, mammals and things from all over the world. Supposedly, they have the most expensive mineral collection in Europe, and they have a full collection of meteorites! How cool is that? I think I spent a good 3 hours there, and for only 3,50 €!
To finish off the week, we went to the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Military History Museum), and saw lots of guns, some tanks, assorted artifacts from both world wars, and tanks! The most interesting thing, however, was getting to see the automobile and uniform worn by the Archduke Franz Ferdinand when he was assassinated in 1914 (which of course started World War I)! Definitely impressive to be in a place that has such a long history.
Anyway, that's all for now. Tomorrow we're leaving for Prague at 7 am. It's going to be a loooong 5 hour bus ride, but this weekend should be tons of fun!
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