The day started early with a visit to the Hofburg Palace to use the group’s Sisi Tickets.
Who is Sisi you ask? Duchess Elisabeth of Bavaria was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, (and many other titles) by marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I. She was assassinated in 1898. Sisi was her nickname. She became popular after her death.
Debbie was quite pleased that the group had bought tickets yesterday. The ticket is a combination and has several different places to visit. History and Cultural moments are coming up:
Imperial Silver Collection – An impressive array of court tableware, silver and porcelain belonging to the Habsburgs (aka Hofburgs) are on display at the Imperial Silver Collection. Originally, the group thought that they would blast through the collection but with the help of the audio guide it was quite interesting. (Larry did blast through because he says that his job is photographer. So, if you need pictures of plates or silver please contact Larry.)
Next stop was the Sisi Museum. The Sisi Museum is in the Imperial Apartments of the Imperial Palace and compares the myth and the facts of Sisi. Among the highlights are numerous personal objects once owned by Empress Elisabeth as well as the most famous portraits of the empress.
The group learned much about Sisi. Let’s ask them what they learned.
Larry: “You people have her name wrong. It is pronounced CeeCee like the pizza”.
Debbie: “No, it is pronounced Sissy.”
Larry: “How do you know?”
Debbie: “Because the audioguide said it 100 times”.
Joyce: “She had long hair down to her feet. “
Joyce: “I learned that you can’t take pictures in the museum and that the museum is persistent about it. They had to tell me twice but I finally got it”.
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Jerry: “They can’t spell her name right. Sisi is not really Sissy. She exercised a lot”.
Debbie: “Voice what voice?”
Larry: “You know the one in her movie”.
Debbie: “That was a 1950 movie. She died in 1898”.
Larry: “Where is Jerry? He will back me up”.
Debbie: “Did you listen to the audio guide?
Larry: “Well no, but no one told me not to take pictures. Maybe I will listen closer next time.”
The group continued on to the Hofburg Imperial Apartments – Court ceremonial dictated that each member of the family had their own apartments or suites in one of the numerous palace wings, the Imperial Chancellery Wing and the Amalia Residence, which contained the apartments of Franz Joseph and Elisabeth (Sisi) are today open to the public. (More Sisi stuff).
Final stop before lunch, (Larry says that the four are hardworking tourists), was the Hofburg Treasury. The Imperial Treasury at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria contains a valuable collection of secular and ecclesiastical treasures covering over a thousand years of European history. This collection has a lot of cool items.
After lunch, they traveled to the Imperial Furniture Collection. The Imperial Furniture Collection in Vienna is a furniture museum that houses one of the most important collections of furniture in the world. It was interesting as the Hofburgs had several palaces that were not furnished. Several warehouses of furniture were kept and before the Royal family went to a location all the furniture was taken to the location. This could be for as many as 1000 people. There was a room full of chairs or toilet or cabinets or you name it. Some of the actual furniture was used for movie sets. Evidently, this collection was not as important as suggested because no one took any pictures.
