Vienna Evening (day12) Concert Sat. June 4th/11

The ship pulled into Vienna in the early evening and those of us who chose to attend the Musical Performance had eaten an early dinner.  We rode by bus to the Imperial Palace and one of the famous music halls.  On the way Christian, our guide, told us about some of the beautifully lit buildings we were seeing.  We were looking forward to seeing this by daylight tomorrow. 

There was a thunderstorm but thankfully we did not get too wet walking to the hall.  Even in the dark we could see the grandeur of the buildings and the palace we were entering.  Christian was incredibly thoughtful and of course informative.  He had grabbed many umbrellas from the ships (we were double docked with other Uniworld boats) before we left.  He made sure we knew exactly where we were going, thank goodness, since it was a bit of a maze and there was a large crowed.  Of course Rik was there herding us as well.  

 The music by Mozart and Strauss was wonderful and I was surprised at how familiar it was to me since I have not been listening to Classical music lately.  But many of these songs have been filling the air waves all our lives, as background music in movies etc.  There were also 4 operatic singers and mostly I couldn't make our their words but their antics said it all.  The concert was not all serious.  The percussionist was a comedian inserting whistles and tweets and even playing the hammers for one number.  It was a fantastic evening and we were given a cd of it to take home!