St Pölten, Day 4

[wiseheart]

We absolved our cultural programme today. Meaning the City Museum and a sightseeing tour with the City Express, which was nice. It took us to the modern Government Quarter, which we wouldn't have visited otherwise - I am not into modern architecture at all - and that for free!

The museum was interesting, too. They had exponates as far back as the Stone Age, an exposition about city history - we were shown a short film about Kaiser Franz Josef's visit to St Pölten in 1910 - and a small one that consisted mostly of Art Nouveau paintings and a few pieces of matching furniture. We chose not to visit the exposition of modern art... not our cup of tea.

Afterwards, we had coffee in a very nice café, did a bit of window shopping, and I found another Dr Who DVD, The Five Doctors, which I promptly bought. Then we returned ti the hotel and rested a few hours. It was overdue.

Around 5pm we went to have dinner at the fish and chips shop we had dicső ered yesterday, did a little more window shopping and finally landed at the Mu gelateria to gorge ourselves in ice cream.

So,this was our last full day in St Pölten. Tomorrow afternoon we're going home. It was great - I might summarize my impressions later, when I post some photos - but it was enough. I hope we'll find everything in order at home, and then I'll be content with our summer.

Comments

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a nice museum :)

The Five Doctors? I remember when that came out - it's not precisely a brilliant script as I recall, but the charm of the actors and the novelty (only the second mutliple doc one) made it such a treat...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

The story isn't the best, that's true, but I was so happy to see Sarah Jane and the Brigadier again, not to mention Susan, whom I never saw before that I could easily ignore the plot stupidity.

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Exhibits reaching back to the Stone Age? How wonderful! I love exploring the tantalizing tidbits of our early ancestors -- spent much of my visit to Denmark in the archaeology museums and outdoor "tracks," where various artifacts and recreations for research purposes are done. Makes it more real, thinking about how daily life was for our ancestors.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Archaeology has always been one of my interests - it's too bad that I so rarely get the chance to see a new exhibition. When I was in Stockholm for a few days, I so hoped that we'd get to visit Birka, but it was a package holiday, and the travel agency chose to show us some ugly palaces full of kitch instead. :(