Today we drove to Vienna to spend some time in the city, stay overnight, and collect Thomas' daughter, Isabella in the morning. We made our way to a neat little hotel, settled in, then walked through this ancient, culturally rich city and visited the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the building itself on the Ringstrasse, an incredible piece of art in itself, crowned with an octagonal dome, marble staircase, frescoed ceiling. The gallery was opened in 1891 by Emperor Franz Josef and is filled with Rafael, Rubens, Velazquez, Rembrandt, to name but a few. I could have lived in this building for the rest of my years, and drawn life from the beauty of the art (kunst). The glory, the colour, the classics, the beauty, the betrayal, the religion, the battles, all giving me sustenance to view the next
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