Travelog for: Beatrix van Biscuit

Hi, my name is Beatrix van Biscuit, but you can call me Trixi. I’m the best harpist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.



In my free time I paint pictures of cute things,…



…play drums in a heavy-metal band and…



…I love to watch movies and go to the cinema.



My favorite movie is Jurassic Park. The first one was the best, the second one sucked and the third one was ok, I guess. Some of my relatives acted in the movies.

Today I welcomed four new friends. Luc Zeke is from England, Sylvia, Lilly and Bibi are from Germany. In the next few weeks I will be their guide through Vienna and show them the wonderful sights.

Today we started our tour and we visited the “Ringstraße” (a big circular road with famous buildings).  We named our group TVTV (Toy Voyagers Tour through Vienna). We drove with the subway to the town hall (Rathaus).







I told my new friends that the “Rathaus” was designed by Friedrich von Schmidt in the Gothic style. Facing the “Rathaus” is the “Rathauspark” with a huge place. Through the whole year the place is used for celebrations and events.



Afterwards we had a little break at the drinking fountain. I told them that water from Vienna comes from two mountain spring water pipelines and it has a very good water quality.



Then we saw the Austrian Parliament Building, which was build from 1874-1883. The architect responsible for the building in a Greek revival style was Theophil Edvard Hansen.





I like the statue of Pallas Athena.



During our walk over the “Ringstraße” we visited Museum of Natural History of Vienna and Museum of Art History. The two buildings were opened in 1891 by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary. The two Ringstraße museums were commissioned by the Emperor in order to find a suitable shelter for the Habsburgs' formidable art collection and to make it accessible to the general public







After them we went to the “Hofburg Palace”. It is a palace that has housed some of the most powerful people in European and Austrian history, including the Habsburgs . It currently serves as the official residence of the President of Austria.



Next we visited the “Burggarten” behind the “Hofburg Palace”. We saw the famous “Mozart Monument”.  I don’t think I have to tell you who Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is =)



Last but not least we had a break at the hotel “Sacher” and eat “Sacher Torte” (chocolate cake).  It is one of the most famous Viennese culinary specialties.

Yesterday my mummy and daddy told us she needed help to look for a new desk for them. Naturally we all wanted to help. So we drove to an “Ikea”.



We looked and measure some desks.



Afterwards we made a break at the canteen.



Then we helped to bring the new desk to the car.

Today we visited Belvedere, which is a historical building complex.











It consists two Baroque palaces the Upper and Lower Belvedere, the Orangery, and the Palace Stables. The buildings are set in a Baroque park landscape. The Baroque palace complex was built as a summer residence for Prince Eugene of Savoy.



Afterwards we went to the botanical garden near Belvedere. It contains to university of Vienna. I told my TVTV group that a botanical garden is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labeled with their botanical names.
We studied some cacti and learned few botanical names.



There were so beautiful flowers, it was lovely.

Last week we visited “Schönbrunn Palace”.



First I showed my TVTV group the garden behind the palace. The sculpted garden space between the palace and the Sun Fountain is called the Great Parterre. The French garden, a big part of the area, was planned by Jean Trehet in 1695.





Then we went to Roman Ruin. It was designed by the architect Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg in 1778.



Afterwards we met two ducks and we had little talk. Their name is Freddy and Jo and they live in the garden since their birth. They know every edge in this beautiful garden and told us to go up to the gloriette. Up there we can make the most beautiful pictures of the palace, they promise us.



So we went up the hill and saw the beautiful gloriette.



Then we turned back and had a lovely sight of the palace and the town.



We made a break and I told them some facts about the palace and the garden. One the way home we made a stop at the famous “Neptun Fountain”.



It was a nice day, but now I’m tired ‘cause we walked a lot.

Last week we had bad weather, so we couldn’t visit some sights =(
My mum suggested us to play some games on the WII and Playstation. She gave us some multiplayer games and then we played the whole day. It was so funny.









I hope next week we will have better weather =)

Today was a nice day. We helped my mum to cut the flowers for the last time in this year.








After cutting flowers, we made two beautiful flower bouquets.











Then we went  in the garden again and put tulips in the soil. In the spring my mum will have nice flowers and can make some new flower bouquets.

Today, we had to say good bye. I will miss my new friends, but from now on Sylvia will stay at our home.

Bye