Old Vienna: The Hofburg
Imperial Vienna is a city that is rich, very rich in both history and culture. Just visit the Hofburg or the Imperial Palace and you will understand what I mean. The palace is a complex comprising 10 or more buildings and is reflective of the six centuries of Austrian rule. Now, most of it has been converted into museums whilst part of it has been turned into the President's office. Lucky him to be working in such a beautiful building. I don't know where to start, there's the Albertina Museum which houses one end of the complex and is home to one of the world's finest collections of watercolours, prints and drawings. There, I saw breathtaking peices by Durer, Rubens, and Michelangelo to name a few. I was also lucky enough to be there during the Munch exhibition an got to see some of the most famous works, "The Scream." If you are bored of the prints or they aren't really your taste, you can also walk around some of the newly renovat...