Day #1 was certainly eventful, Nepomuk and I went for a walk through the Altstadt. We stopped in the Dom, which was truly unbelievable. The facade was so huge that I couldn't even fit it in my camera lens! The inside was breath-taking...lots of Baroque action going on. Apparently, it had been rebuilt a few times due to a couple of fires and bombings during the war. But what a space! Hard to believe that people actually go to mass there. I lit a candle for my mom and for little Nepomuk.
Then, I had the afternoon all to myself...I stumbled around a bit before I found the lift to the Museum Moderne, which I gladly checked out. They were hosting an exhibit from the Winterhum Museum in Switzerland, and unfortunately, I think I went through the entire exhibit, ranging from current American and Italian art installations to Impressionism...backwards. It was clear that when I was nearing the end of my tour, that the Impressionist works were supposed to be first...and that I, being the viewer, was supposed to move chronologically. Oh well. I suppose it was a "choice" to move back in time...but I did see some marvelous works by van Gogh, Picasso, Klee, Monet, Sisley, Rodin and Giacometti, to say the very least!
Then, I stumbled my way from the Museum, which sits on a cliff overlooking Salzburg, to the Fortress! It was quite a workout and starting to get dark, so I didn't stick around too long.
Currently, I'm in the Festspielhaus with little Nepomuk waiting for Eva to finish her Gotterdammerung rehearsal...I can hear the singing through the door. It's pretty unbelievable that I get to be here, in the middle of all of this! I get to actually see how the process is done!
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