At Schönbrunn

Last night at Schönbrunn there was a concert. The Wiener Philharmoniker played some Mozart, Strauß, and some Manuel de Falla. My favorite pieces, by far, were the ones by de Falla. The first one was called "Night in a Spanish Garten" and the sound really fit the tone of the night - at least for me. I went with a pretty large group - or it was supposed to be a large group - but there were thousands upon thousands of people there and I wound up sitting with only Zinaida, Tom, Ozan and Arno, which was fine. It's also cool because within those five people, three different continents were represented and five different nationalities (Bosnian, Scottish, Turkish, Austrian - I think - I'm not quite sure where Arno is from, and the US). We waited for the concert to start for about three hours, but at least we didn't have to stand. They had about 250 to 500 free seats - maybe more. Tom kept making origami and Zinaida and I, mostly Zinaida, read the program they gave us. They also played some music over the speakers to keep us entertained. And there was a couple from Nevada that we spoke with a bit. Actually, Tom mostly spoke with them. I didn't find them all that interesting.

The palace gardens were spectacular. Everything was completely decked out for the concert. At the start, I was hoping there would be some fireworks and, at the end of the concert while they were playing "Wiener Blut" by Strauß, there was a nice little fireworks display to accompany the music.

It was quite a night. I only wish I had remembered my camera.