Sunday, 30-June-2024


On my first full day in Vienna, I commandeered a scooter and headed toward the art museums.

The day before, when I’d first arrived in Vienna, I’d taken a short walk around the area to get my bearings… and had first gotten a glimpse of the pure baroque opulence that Vienna had on display. Thanks to that initial experience I wasn’t too shellshocked on Sunday’s adventure… but that didn’t mean that I was immune to the palatial surroundings.

I pretty quickly hopped off my scooter so that I could just walk, and exploring the amazing buildings that I found myself surrounded by – the first of which was Kalskirche, or St. Charles’s Church.

I don’t have too much to write about it – as with many churches that I’ve visited, the exploration was fairly straight forward. Walk in the door, google at the marble, granite, and gilding, walk around a few areas, and then move on. All told, I’d estimate that I average about 20min in a church – not that it’s boring or unimpressive, but that it’s… well, there’s not much reason to sit and stare.

I entered, I appreciated, and I continued onward.