We're in Austria now and today we went all around Vienna which was once the music capital of the world. Here is Beethoven's grave:
Leanne: I couldn't resist the urge to include a little bit about Beethoven's life. He was born in the city of Bonn in 1770. His childhood days were extremely difficult since he had an alcoholic and abusive father. He learned to play the organ and harsichord and eventually became the organist for the court chapel. Beethoven's hero was Napoleon Bonaparte, because to him he embodied his own desire for freedom from monastic rule, but when Napoleon tasted power and crowned himself emperor, he lost all respect for him. At a young age, Beethoven started to lose his hearing, but he managed to compose his 9th symphony (with the setting of Ode to Joy) when almost completely deaf. He later died of illness in 1827 at the age of 58.
We also got trapped in an electronics store, which normally wouldn't have been a problem for me but I really had to go to the bathroom. They only had one way out and it was through the checkout so we had to wait through the whole line.
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Hi Marc and Leanne ... another Great picture and sure looking forward to seeing the entire pile of them and some video when you get back in two more weeks.
Leanne, thanks for the little history lesson about Bethoven; kinda cool to be able to visit his grave site, eh.
Marc, yes that is amazing about the open connections, but we are sure happy about that so we can enjoy some of your trip via the net. :-)
take care and enjoy your remaining time in Austria.
Wow, interesting background, Leanne! Thanks. Nice pic too.
Marc, that's funny about the electronics store experience. What do you mean though about being 'trapped'? Was there an emergency in the store or do you mean you couldn't exit the store without going through the cashier line-up? If the latter, that's a strange setup!
Oh I just meant we couldn't exit the store when we wanted to. It was ok... more just the idea that we couldn't leave when we wanted to that bothered me.
That would bother me too! Especially if I had to use the washroom.
BTW, Aunt Adele has been trying to post a comment for a long time now. For some reason it isn't working for her. Dad has been trying to talk her through it. Well, you know she is thinking about you anyway!
Aunt Adele had success! Yay! She posted a comment under a previous post, "So Many Castles". :)
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