AUSTRIAAll places that the eye of heaven visitsAre to a wise man ports and happy havens.Shakspere,Richard II.,Act I, Scene 3, Line 275.VIENNA:We arrivedin Vienna with the Emperor. In fact, we acted as his advance guard for some time, his train following ours. The Emperor himself was but a small part of the show, for the officers of his suite outshone all else, and were swagger to a degree. German and Austrian army officers are imposing anywhere, but especially so on horseback.Vienna is a city within a city, for the fortifications which surrounded the old town have been torn down and replaced by a broad boulevard which separates the ancient from the modern portion. Within this Ring-Strasse the streets are narrow and the houses mediæval; without, you will find one of the most inviting cities of Europe.Vienna is gay, sparkling and fascinating. Its opera and its shops are world renowned,and it is a close rival of Paris in setting the modes.Nowhere in all Europe can so much beauty and grandeur of mountain, forest and stream be crowded into one day as during a sail on the Danube from Linz to Vienna.
All places that the eye of heaven visitsAre to a wise man ports and happy havens.Shakspere,Richard II.,Act I, Scene 3, Line 275.
All places that the eye of heaven visitsAre to a wise man ports and happy havens.Shakspere,Richard II.,Act I, Scene 3, Line 275.
All places that the eye of heaven visits
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
Shakspere,Richard II.,
Act I, Scene 3, Line 275.
We arrivedin Vienna with the Emperor. In fact, we acted as his advance guard for some time, his train following ours. The Emperor himself was but a small part of the show, for the officers of his suite outshone all else, and were swagger to a degree. German and Austrian army officers are imposing anywhere, but especially so on horseback.
Vienna is a city within a city, for the fortifications which surrounded the old town have been torn down and replaced by a broad boulevard which separates the ancient from the modern portion. Within this Ring-Strasse the streets are narrow and the houses mediæval; without, you will find one of the most inviting cities of Europe.
Vienna is gay, sparkling and fascinating. Its opera and its shops are world renowned,and it is a close rival of Paris in setting the modes.
Nowhere in all Europe can so much beauty and grandeur of mountain, forest and stream be crowded into one day as during a sail on the Danube from Linz to Vienna.