We spent December searching for the best kaiserschmarrn, our favorite Viennese treat, experiencing classical music performances, practicing basketball, and trying to escape the cold, grey weather.
Kaiserschmarrn is essential broken pancakes frequently served with either stewed plums or with applesauce. We loved it on our food tour and on our trip to St. Gilgen. Determined to find the best one in Vienna, we started ordering it wherever we could. Dave and I popped in a random restaurant at the Naschmarkt, Vienna's vast food maret dating from the 16th century. We also ordered one at Cafe Landtmann, one of Vienna's Classic cafe-restaurants with an illustrious clientele including Freud. Both tasted "okay" at best. We also walked up to the Türkenschanzpark Weihnachtsmarkt 2018, the Christmas market at our local park. While I liked this one best of all, the poor service hindered the taste. The person at the stall refuse to sell or give us two plastic forks, which seemed preposterous since we were paying 10 euro for a dessert. The next time we went, I brought my own fork.
We also attended an interesting music concert at the MuTh Music Hall, famous for its excellent acoustics and its chief residents - the Vienna Boys Choir. AIS presented Carl Orff's 25 part
Carimina Burana, a cantata from 1935 based on 24 poems from a medieval collection. It is part of a musical triptych and contains secular Latin, Middle High German, Old French, and Old Provencal - so we did not understand a word. The high school choir along with teachers and parents from the community and several professional musicians performed. I learned never to sit in the front row of an unknown performance. I had to repress my laughter as the lead alto expressed the music with his face and body. I could not laugh out loud as music is very serious in this country.
Emily competed in her first middle school basketball team while Dave assisted in coaching.
We also attended an interesting music concert at the MuTh Music Hall, famous for its excellent acoustics and its chief residents - the Vienna Boys Choir. AIS presented Carl Orff's 25 part Carimina Burana, a cantata from 1935 based on 24 poems from a medieval collection. It is part of a musical triptych and contains secular Latin, Middle High German, Old French, and Old Provencal - so we did not understand a word. The high school choir along with teachers and parents from the community and several professional musicians performed. I learned never to sit in the front row of an unknown performance. I had to repress my laughter as the lead alto expressed the music with his face and body. I could not laugh out loud as music is very serious in this country.
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