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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000091.txt from 2003/12

From: barbara trautwein <mzeztee@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Holidaze in Europa
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 17:13:13 -0500

Vienna: go to the opera. . . Ahhh, Jim, my husband and I were there in
the Summer of 02 and we can't remember details like street names. There
is a neat museum near St Stephens that shows historical stuff about the
Vienna Philharmonic and various composers and conductors. Half of it is
a bit kitzhy showing kids how to make & mix sounds but the part about
the orchestra is good. Tour the opera house! Go to Doblingers "Haus
der Musik". We cleaned out their antiquariat back in 1957-58 but you
might find something interesting there. There is a Karajan shop near
the opera house that has books and cds and other musical souvenirs. Bus
service is GREAT! Museums all over the place are GREAT!

Budapest: find and go to the Bartok house. Over priced coffee and
sweets at Gerbeaud. Where? On some big plaza downtown. . .a grand
place that brought back impressions of pre-World War I !

Salzburg: if you can get past the Sound of Music stuff, find Mozart's
birthhouse on Getreidegasse.

I'll look up some stuff and try to send more. . . .

Enjoy!

B

James Jeter wrote:
> I'll be in Vienna/Budapest/Salzburg from December 27th - January 10th.
> Does anyone on the list have suggestions for anything "special" -
> musically or otherwise, which I shouldn't miss, while visiting these
> cities? Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
>
> Cheers, Jim