If there was one composer whose music I grew up with, it would be Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Nothing could express my happiness when I finally got to visit the city of Salzburg where this classical master grew up. Even though I was not there for a very long time, it felt enlightening to walk the same roads and see the same hills that inspired Mozart to become who he was. I still listen to his composed music to this day and still strive to become better due to the inspiration he has provided for me many years now. Though, as much as I love Mozart, do not try the Mozart souvenir candies. They taste awful. Overall, this just brings me to the next topic. To make up for that disgusting dessert, I at least got to taste the best ice cream I have ever had. It was also the first time I ever tastes pistachio ice cream – fell in love with it at first taste!
Though, Austria wasn’t all about music and food now. How could anyone forget the royal city of Vienna when it has so much to show you? From the opera house to the many palaces scattered around the city, Vienna truly amazes any visitor it welcomes. I wish I could go into detail about everything I saw throughout this trip, but it would simply take up far too many words for me to fully describe it. There is just so much royal architecture, an overwhelming amount of masterpieces hanging in museums, and spectacular statues frozen in time to resemble the city’s history. Vienna was also the first country of where I got to finally enter a royal palace to see how the royal families lived there. Despite the fact of me reading on so many stories of how these ruling classes lived, it still somehow got away with leaving me speechless. The number of rooms were never ending and each one was uniquely decorated in its own fashion. It was like an indoor maze when it came to navigating through the palace and its gardens. Each room had a story to tell of how each person in the palace lived. Yes, even the servants were mentioned during this tour. Of course, with the royal family being able to afford many luxuries, they had paintings done of them and their achievements. Outside the palace, the gardens were blooming with thousands of different flowers and plants for everybody to enjoy. There were also grand fountains where different gods stood in stone to look over the palace and its people. With this city being one of the first ones I’ve been in Europe, Vienna provided me with a beautiful exposure to what the rest of Europe has to offer.
