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Tuesday, June 06, 2006,4:21 pm

Half the day was spent wondering about the grand summer palace of the Habsburg dynasty (rulers of Austo-Hungarian empire) It was so luxurious inside! And so big that it is the third largest palace in the world, after the one in Paris and Beijing. Had a hard time navigating, so half the time was spent walking..
The front view
The side view and side gardens.

View from the top of the palace hills. The entire forests area were hunting grounds for the rulers. And this patch of lawn stretched all the way to the palace. Even though it looked small in the picture. What a nice picnic area.!We took a short bus ride to Beethoven's residence. The houses in the uptown area looked somewhat like this one. Small, cozy, centuries old but well maintained. This was where he composed symphony no. 2
This is the reknown stream of running water where Beethoven got his inspirations for symphony no. 6. As I retraced on the path where Beethoven once stepped his feet on, I feel incredibly inspired too! I can see all the weird beansprouts in my head already. Ready to ram my guit.