Prague

Im going to prague this weekend!!!!!

Ice skating + vienna: the perfect combination

The other day we went to the out door ice skating in vienna. It was sooo fun! They had two big open section and they were conected by long curvy trials. The whole thing is right out side the rathouse(see below) which is the vienna city hall. It was built between 1872 and 1883. The designer was frieric schmidt and it is a gothic building. I have never ice skated before so this was a great expirience. Every thing was great exept for the blisters I got after the skating . At night the whole place is lit up with colored lights and the rathouse is beautiful. I really want to go again but not until my blisters heal. Hopefully that will be soon!!!!!!!!

Back to the Fithteenth Century

Today we went to the arms and armor museum. There they have a huge collection of weapons from the late middle ages through to the Renaissance. My German name is Maximilian and there we saw many weapons and armor (for both humans and horses) that were owned and used by the various Maximilians of the Hapsburgs. It was very interesting to see how the weapons changed. First, there were classic longswords. Then rapiers, and eventually guns. My favorite piece of armor was made for Emperor Maximilian the Second. It has a blueish tint to it that was created by a proses called blueing in which you heat the armor to extreme temperatures. This gives it that blue tint. This will also prevent rusting from happening. Below are some pictures of the museum.