Day 029: The beautiful parks of Vienna
08/31/07 07:42 PM Filed in: Vienna | sightseeing
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Vienna 1971—A Student Journal
A year of music, study, travel, sightseeing &
friends.
Day 29
— The beautiful parks of Vienna
31-August-1971
(Tue.)
TRANSCRIPT
Last week of German classes…examinations…
The parks are nice to study in.
REFLECTIONS
As with yesterday, exams in German class continue.
The Viennese love to spend time in their beautiful parks.
Stadt Park. The park closest to the student dorm on Johannesgasse is Stadt Park, or City Park. There is a very famous statue of Johann Strauss in this park, where, I believe, I strike a “pose”—take that Madonna. (See the first photo on the Photos page.) My slides will be back soon and I will post some pictures of the gardens.
Google Earth. A great way to sightsee “virtually” from your computer anywhere in the world is with Google Earth. (Download this application free from Google.com.) If you type in “Johannesgasse, Vienna, Austria” you will get to this area of Vienna discussed here.
Click on the blue dots for user-submitted photos. It’s great. You will enjoy it. I’m enjoying using Google Earth to revisit some of my journey this year. I will do more of it as I travel.
John
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