Day 13: Pandas... And my final day!

For our last day in Vienna we decided to go to the Schonbrunn zoo! It's one of the oldest Zoo's and carried a variety of animals. The lions! They were beautiful and amazing. All the animals are well taken care of and beautiful. I couldn't imagine seeing all these kinds of animals. Speckled bear! Not that I haven't seen any in Canada before. XD Hahaahaha. Llamas getting their feedings! I have never seen llamas run so fast!! And last but not least!! Panda! He spent the whole time eating bamboo which was adorable. Never knew I would love Panda's so much but they are just super adorable! We left the next morning and the trip was brutal, travelling for a whole day is never fun. Coming from Heathrow to Vancouver, I was able to watch two movies and a few TV shows. Which made the time fly! I was super happy to see my family again. Now I am just going to relax and try to sleep away this jet lag. Thanks to all of you guys who have read my blogs, and actually asked me questions. I thoroughly enjoyed updating everyday. At first I made this blog, so my parents knew I was safe,since they don't have facebook. However I never knew many would be interested into my little trip. For all of you that encouraged me to go on this trip and left nice comments, thanks for you all! You all made it easier for me to enjoy my trip. I hope to travel more, so this blog will be kept live. Feel free to relive the stories, and hopefully next year I will be able to go somewhere knew! :D Thanks to you all Auf Wiedersehen Tamara. :)

Day 12... A train ride, and Mozart!

It was such a blessing that we had the whole train cart to ourselves on our return to Vienna. However, I wasn't able to sleep a wink do to the fact that my bed was beside a knob, I was really cold, and the blanket wasn't warm enough. So I tossed and turned, when I got to vienna I went straight to the hotel and then bed. So that's why I didn't do much that day. My body is still feeling the jet lag, I don't think I will be able to get used to such a time change in Europe. However, if I choose to travel, I will def. try to bring sleeping pills to sleep properly. Yet, we were able to see the Opera! Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, it was outstanding. Truly brilliant the cast was amazing. The only downfall was that..... It was in German. LOL! So we had to guess what was happening. We were smart in bringing the english translated version of the opera with us. SO by the second act we popped out the books and began reading and enjoyed the opera. Selfie of me heading to the opera. This was the outside of the opera house, it was definitely interesting, The guy gave away free cough drops. I don't understand why seeing that no one sang along to the opera. :S The trams we take. They are really fun, but def. time consuming. The inside of The Opera House. It was definitely fun to be at the opera house. I really enjoy hearing amazing people belt their hearts out. Also the harmonization of the people are amazing. I am truly blessed and grateful to have had this amazing experience! Tomorrow is my last day. We are hoping to go to the Palace Zoo, one of the oldest Baroque style Zoo, and maybe the Hofburg to take a photo with Mozart. Until then!

Arrivaderci Italia! How I shall miss thee.

It's amazing how three days in a different country can change your life. Being in Italy honestly felt like home. I got along with the people their, and the sites were just magnificent, it didn't hurt that the food was AMAZING! I did enjoy that by the end of our stay this cafe we frequented knew our orders. It really did feel like home. Definitely would return in a heart beat, probably not to Milano, but to Roma, and Venice. Can't wait to come back :) The amazing Breakfast we had at our Hotel. We had lot's of time so we were able to go back to the Castello Sforcezco. Their museums were opened and it was awesome because we only paid 3 euros and were able to see four museums in the castle. The ceilings in each room were painted beautifully! This is only some but all of them had beautiful art painted on the ceiling. We were able to visit the instrument museum, and I saw so many antique piano's it was amazing. We were able to see a Michelangelo, it was amazing. We weren't sure if it was the real Michelangelo, but it is! The guy that made the sisteen chapel. The view from out walk up a million stairs at the castle. All the museums are located in the castle and you walk to various places, the museums kind of interconnect. It was a good two to three hours of just walking in and out of various museums and absorbing different forms of art. At the end,we were able to go into the Egyptian exhibit we saw a mummy and various artifacts that were collected in a dig. We had lots of fun, and I am deeply saddened to have left Italy, however I know that I will return again! Also tonight we are going to an Opera, The Marriage of Figaro so we are excited about that! And can't wait to post photos! :D

Day 10 Castello Sforzesco

AAAHH Italy, where have you been all my life. I enjoy walking through the rainy streets and jabbering away at my broken Italian. Many confuse me as Italian and I try to sound intelligent and jabber away with my Spanish. It's interesting because I am considered Spanish Americano. SO I tell people that and I sound some what sophisticated. Hehehehe. It was rainy today, but for us it was better because it meant less tourists out and about and more time to myself. The water fountain at the Castello. Super beautiful and amazing. Part of the Castle, it's closed on Mondays so tomorrow we are hoping to go to the museum and see more of it. The owner of the castle, I don't remember what his name was but I know that was him. It's amazing how beautiful the grounds were even through the rain! They were amazing. We turned a corner and we were at Parco Sempione. It was beautiful! So green and just amazing. It almost rivals a stanley park. Me with Napolean the 3. I'm intrigued by him. LOL! A photo with our cafe. It's near by and honestly the people know us so we just chill there LOL! Tomorrow is our last day in milan. We can't be online much, but I hope to see you all in Vienna! For our final days, where we will hit up Mozart's the Marriage of Figaro, The Schonbrunn Zoo AND more! :D

Day 9 Italy, and yes this massive Cathedral.

This day was amazing. You know how when you look in text books and see odd architecture? Well that's what happened to us. We were able to see something from our textbooks. It's so bizarre to see things from photos in real life.. More on that later. Me and Emily have decided to go to every McDonalds and sample something different that won't be in Canada. Well I ordered this.... So it was amazing. Better then pasta in Canada. It makes me laugh that a McDonald's from Vienna and Austria is better then most food I eat in Canada. Aside from mommy's cooking. I miss her Turkey dinner, and her famous meat balls, and Rice. Miss you mommy and Daddy! However, I get to see them very soon so I am excited. Afterwards we were able to go to the Duomo! Located there was the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. It's one of the oldest malls in the world and definitely decadent. A know a few friends that would have enjoyed it here. There was Versace, Gucci and Prada. It was very elegant. But we were there to look at an amazing structure. First, we had amazing gelato, it was the best I have ever had. (Mini rant here) Italian food and dessert it's probably the best part of life here. How people are not obese I don't know. I would eat there Pasta and desserts all day long if I could. It's just so amazing and just YUMMY!!! Anyways after the gelato we turned a corner and..... The Cathedral! You know how in High School, you would see the "Wax Cathedral" well we did! (Sorry to maybe sound offensive, but that's how I knew the cathedral because we would just see the photo). I didn't take much photos inside because it didn't feel right to take photos inside. For me anyways, however it was beautiful as a structure. Definitely grand. However, be aware that you will see some interesting things inside, so just be prepared for that. I wasn't prepared to see some of it. :S After that we had some yummy food. My Brother told me he wanted me to try all the food here, so I can go back and sound pretentious. Being all like "Well in Italy, the lasagne there was divine." LOL! So I spent 14 euros on a lasagne... It was THE BEST lasagne on this planet. It was al Dente, no running, held it's place and now no lasagne will be able to imitate this lasagne. It was just amazing and money well spent. I loved these sticks! I at mine and Emily's LOL! She didn't mind though. It was funny because this restaurant was really expensive, and she wanted to "gorge" on pizza. However it was expensive so she bought a cheaper one. It came with no cheese and just marinara sauce. It was so funny, but then I took a bite and wow, no tomato sauce has ever tasted as good as this. I was just in disbelief. Italy has been good. I have enjoyed the food and the architecture, and furthermore our hotel is just divine. The fact that there are little soaps, and complimentary hair dryer I am in a new level of class and sophistication here... HAHAHAHAH Ladies, be warned! The guys here a very abrasive. This one man chased me down with a bracelet and told me it was for free, I said no Grazi, he kept pestering and I said no Thanks. I said no like 5 times. He then said you need to get married. I continued walking away FAST! I didn't take the bracelet because it just seemed to sketch and who know's if that bracelet meant we were betrothed in some weird country. LOL! But that's my stories for you! Italy, I love you. Where have you been!!!

Day 7/8 The Schonbrunn Palace

Wow so this palace was pretty much amazing. We were able to get an imperial tour, and walk through the room that young Mozart played at. It was truly amazing, there were rooms there that were absolutely beautiful. I enjoyed it a lot. Sadly we can't take pictures there, and when we arrived we took lots of photos. Abner Look! I tried to go to Narnia, but sadly I couldn't find a wardrobe so this light post was the best I could do. So this museum, I would have never thought existed, was interesting amusing and hillarious all at once.... (DRUM ROLL) A museum of carriages!!! The fact that all this existed and is still preserved was pretty awesome. But I have to admit I was laughing a lot, because there were so many carriages and I actually can't believe there's a museum based on Carriages. I want these stairs in my house so I can just take a bunch of selfies, read on the stairs and just they look pretty! So the reason Why I couldn't update one day, which threw off posting was because we are in..... (DRUM ROLL) ITALY!! Milan to be exact but still, it's an awesome place really beautiful we walked it a bit last night and just been wondering around. Hopefully today we are able to find stuff to dooO!!! Here are some foodie shots of the yummy food I have had!! The best chocolate tart around!! Minus the Italian coffee that was a bit too strong and I had it black with out sugar. To be a strong chick, but that stuff was pretty gross. Gnocchi made with green pesto and a tomato based sauce it was YUMMY!!!! The best fruit tart ever! Freshly made and just divine! Def. Am going to enjoy the sweets out here! Anyways more tomorrow! Arrivaderci!

Day Six, Hofburg, MozartHause and The Opera!

AAAHH Sorry for the delay, as I ended up travelling to a new country! Yes a new country, it will be a surprise as to what country I am currently at. Here's a hint... Luigi. Yes guess away as that's the most obvious hint I could give anyone. XD Well we went to the Hofburg and had so much fun! We were able to go to the imperial museum. It was really neat, and the items that they had were priceless. It's crazy how these families lived and the attire they would wear. Our taxi driver dropped us off at some strange entrance so we just went on through and found the imperial family museum! Could you imagine wearing this? It would be so cool! I would play dress up at the museums if I were allowed! Especially with the next little hat..... I mean it's no big deal, just a little crown and a staff... Nothing to big to add to my ensemble. Last but not least.... My walking staff could complete the European look! The amount of historical artifacts they had amazed, even a set of keys and other statues. It was really awesome. However me and my friend got lost and ended up leaving the Hofburg very quickly we took one wrong turn and we were in the city. However I was able to have good Gnocchi and have been enjoying European Cappuccino's. WE went to MozartHause and it was amazing there, sadly no photography was allowed so we had to put those silly cameras away, however the amount of information provided was amazing. He lived such a sad life. And it's always interesting to me, that these artist end up dirt poor during their life, but as soon as they die... Boom wealth. We take people for granted and should appreciate them while living. **Little tidbit for the day* That evening we got read for..... AN OPERA!!! AAAHHH WE went to the Vienna State Opera and it was a grand occasion. Based on Anne Boleyn, the play centered around the king secretly pursuing Jane Seymour, while Anne Boleyn is wondering what he life would be if she were still married to Lord Percy. It was an amazing Opera. So many singers, and even when they are talking, they are singing. I have never heard such beautiful music! Last photo taken by Emily Sadly we aren't allowed to film there but it was just amazing. I wish you all could experience an opera like that it was just truly outstanding and a once in a lifetime opportunity! WOO! Tomorrow Schobrunn and my secret Travel place revealed!!!