Museums and goodbyes

Trip Start Apr 16, 2006

Trip End Jun 07, 2006

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Flag of Austria Vienna, Austria
Monday, June 5, 2006

Today I went to the Leopold Museum and the Art History Museum. The first was filled with a lot of Austrian Impressionist work. The latter is filled with everything else imaginable. They have one of the best classical painting exhibitions and even though I have seen it before it still overwhelmed me. My favorites are the Titian and the Rubens I think.

The irony of the day was walking through the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman sections... especially since during my time in Egypt I was often told, "There would be a sarcophagus here, but it�s in the Vienna museum. Sorry." Anyhow, it kind of felt full circle to see mummies again... and I tried my best to remember everything I learned about the 30 dynasties that I had drilled into my brain for two weeks. Made me think... I would definitely like to go back to Egypt and learn more.

Tonight Burgi leaves for a flight to Beijing and she won�t be back until Wednesday night. In the meantime, I leave on Wednesday morning so today is going to be our goodbye. Hopefully we�ll see eachother again in less than five years...

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