Sunday, October 16, 1983

Wien/Vienna (10/15-16/1983)

Saturday, October 15, 1983
The last of the special trips for me and Marsha C. This time we were accompanied by fellow P.T. Elisabeth J and nurse Jong-Soon who is now working in Aarberg. We took the train to Wien/Vienna, Österreich/Austria.
Spanische Hofreitschule/Spanish Riding School practice
Café Lehmann/Coffeehouse (founded 1878)
Marsha, Elisabeth, coffeehouse patron, Jong-Soon
Pestsäule/Plague Column
Stephansdom/St Stephen's Cathedral (1137-1511)
View into a courtyard from the St Stephen's south tower
St Stephen's Cathedral tile roof
Kärntner Strasse
Mozartdenkmal/Mozart Memorial
(1896 by Viktor Tilgner) in Burggarten
Kunst Historisches Museum/Art History Museum
(1872-1891 by Gottfried Semper
and Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer)
For the evening, we dressed up to attend the opera of Il barbiere di Siviglia/The Barber of Seville (premiered 1816) by Gioachino Rossini at the gorgeous Wiener Staatsoper/Vienna State Opera (1869 by August Sicard von Sicardsburg).

Sunday, October 16, 1983
We attended Sunday Mass at the Hofburgkapelle/Imperial Court Chapel to hear the Vienna Boys' Choir.
Vienna Boys' Choir member
Vienna Boys' Choir member
Tram (Sonderwagen/special car)
View of Vienna from Belvedere Palace
Belvedere Palace
Marsha and Elisabeth
Jong-Soon removes gravel from her shoe
Schönbrunn Palace
And returned to Biel, Switzerland.
Probably the last time I will use my Half-Price Pass for the Swiss trains.
Half-Price Pass
Half-Price Pass cover

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