User blog:007Jamesdean/Volcanic Trip Part 16

Part 16: AUSTRIA

Vanzilla 2.0 is in Jet mode flying over central Europe.

Rita: I wonder where we're going to this time.

Nicole: You guys are gonna love it. In fact we're already here. Welcome to Vienna, Austria.

Lisa: Austria!? (Excited Squeal) I love Austria! It's home to some of the worlds greatest musical composers.

Jessie K: Oh yeah Lisa. Austria is home to some of the worlds greatest musical composers from the 18th and 19th centuries. Ludwig Van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach and many others.

Luna: They were rockin dudes.

Lincoln: I love their music. It's so amazing.

Me: They were famous musical artists Lincoln. I have some songs I would like to play.

I start playing a Harpsichord and play Beethoven's Ode To Joy beautifully.

Luna: That was rockin J.D.! Beethoven's Ode To Joy is one of my favorites dude.

Lincoln: It's one of my favorites too.

The Harpsichord became a pipe organ.

Me: Another one of my favorites is this one.

I play the Toccota and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach. The haunting music of the beginning of the song was Lucy's favorite.

Lucy: That's my favorite because of its Vampiric theme.

Lynn Sr.: Boy J.D. you are good with playing the Harpsichord and the Organ.

Me: Thanks Mr. Lynn. I've had lots of piano lessons and it was awesome. Here's another one of my favorites.

The organ turned into a regular piano and I play Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.

Naruto: That's beautiful.

Sakura: It sure is.

Fu: I love this music.

Nicole: You're quite the player dad.

Me: Thanks Nicole.

We land in Vienna and we went to the famous St. Stephen's Cathedral.

Jessie K: The St. Stephen's Cathedral. It was built back in the 1160 and it's home to the tomb of Emperor Frederick III who died in 1493.

Me: It's beautiful.

Lucy: It's also a Gothic Church. It's a true church where darkness lives.

Luan: It's beautiful and scary. But it's a church of Dark wonders. (Laughs to Rimshot) Get it?

Most of us laugh while everyone else sighed.

Me: (Laughs) That was a good one Luan.

Varie: (Laughs) That was funny.

Eddy: (Laughs) That's a good one.

We went into the church and it was a beautiful sight.

Lori: This is literally one of the most beautiful churches anywhere.

Leni: Totes.

Laney: The art and architecture is breathtaking.

Lisa: It's a beautiful piece of art.

We saw the tomb where Emperor Frederick III was buried and it was a strange sight.

Raven: The tomb of Emperor Frederick III

Starfire: This is really creepy. No offense Lucy.

Lucy: None taken Starfire.

Jessie K: This is the Tomb of Emperor Frederick III.

Hinata: It's amazing.

Sakura: It sure is.

Later we were over at Chateau Konopiště back in the Czech Republic.

Laney: This is a beautiful castle.

Jessie K: This is the summer home of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. He was a very important power in Austria until 1914.

Terra: Wasn't he assassinated a long time ago?

Jessie K: He was Terra. Yes.

We went back to Austria and we were in the town of Sarajevo.

Jessie K: Welcome to Sarajevo. This town has lots of history. But the most prominent event that happened here was the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on June 28, 1914. This is the man that did it.

Jessie showed us a picture of the man that did it: Gavrilo Princip.

Linka: Who is that?

Jessie K: His name was Gavrilo Princip. He hated Archduke Ferdinand for humiliating him and he got revenge by assassinating him and his wife Sophia. But this ultimately sparked World War I.

Lori: That's awful.

Shannon: That's high treason.

Jessie K: That's right Shannon. But he couldn't face the death penalty because he was 19 at the time. And Austrian law back then said that you have to be 20 years old to face it. So he was sent to prison for the rest for his life. He died of Skeletal Tuberculous and malnutrition and he was buried in an unmarked grave.

Naruto: Well good riddence to bad rubbish. Nothing good ever comes from an act of vengeance.

Me: That's right bro. When he was assassinated the whole world went into war 103 years ago.

Sakura: How awful.

Fu: Yeah.

Lincoln: That was terrible.

Jeri: It sure was.

Later we went all over Austria and learned alot of stuff about the music, culture, food and more. We went to our next destination.

Continues in Part 17