Saturday, December 13, 2008

Vienna

I was watching PBS travel and I learnt two interesting facts.

Vienna apparently is famous for it's coffeehouses.

The story goes that coffee was first brought to Vienna by the invading Turkish army in the late 17th century.

When they withdrew from the city, they left behind several sacks of coffee beans.

The Viennese found they liked the drink, and they built around it a whole way of life.

Link.

Unrelated, Vienna was where Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Strauss, Mahler, lived and composed.

Most of what I have heard is limited to Mozart and Beethoven, and I don't have a great patience for long symphonies.

Yet there are still some classical pieces like the "moonlight sonata" which I really appreciate.

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