Sometimes not all roads lead somewhere, or sometimes not all the destinations are everything that matters. I’ve learned that the hard way when countless times during my travels I was focusing so much on the destination that I ended up crossing by a lot of interesting buildings or spots in nature without even noticing them.
Of course, sooner or later, I found out about those and ended up adding them to my bucket list for the next moment when I’ll make a new way towards the same direction. So, in conclusion, who’s the winner and who’s the loser?
I’m definitely the loser because of my endless rush to see as many things as possible I miss points of interest that make me return there. Yet a thing that wouldn’t happen if I looked up from my phone more often.
But… while this kind of situation is a lot easier to fix in your own country because there are just a few kilometers that are needed to be driven again, what happens if this happens in a completely different country, and city, which is hundreds or maybe thousands of kilometers away? Well, that’s definitely a mistake that shouldn’t happen because the reasons are obvious – it’s not that easy to fix it again.
I’d lie saying that this kind of mistake doesn’t occur even these days after quite a lot of years since I’ve been traveling. But being fairly new in the journeys outside of Romania, the excitement always reaches new limits while trying to see as many things as possible from the country visited.
So a similar mistake was about to happen while I, along with my friends were making our way to a completely different destination but whose direction carried us through the front of The Austrian Parliament Building which I wouldn’t ever have guessed what it was but would still stop by to take at least a few pictures of because it looked so different from anything else seen in Vienna during my trip. Happily, even if we didn’t cross the road we still took some time to shoot a few pictures and admire the beauty of the building which is not so common for sure.
Most likely, seeing columns, statues, and other similar architectural details like those of The Austrian Parliament Building are quite popular in Greece, especially Athens, but from my knowledge, this architectural style is not so common. Or at least not in this part of Europe.
Unfortunately, I haven’t visited Athens yet, even though it’s high on my bucket list, but I hope that next year I’ll make it there in time to get a bunch of new knowledge about this style and all the historical events that marked it as being such an important place to see while you are in Greece.
And talking about Greece, both The Austrian Parliament Building and the Acropolis have a total of 8 soaring columns to greet visitors and anyone crossing by. So let’s say that until I fulfill my dream to visit Athens, I can call myself satisfied just with these simple details that gave me a fake feeling of being one step closer to Greece while I was still in Austria.
But, back to The Austrian Parliament Building.
The building was raised between 1874 and 1884 and it served as a parliament for a long while, but these days, the parliament made a team with the National Council and the Federal Council where all the important state ceremonies happen.
But while the importance from the inside is something that anyone would expect to happen, so are all the details that create the building and its surroundings. A good example is the horse statue that represents the suppression of passion which is considered vital for any parliament to function.
Unfortunately, being a quick stop we had no time to gather more information about the place at that time because our trip to Vienna was in one of the worst periods due to the weather conditions which brought us lots of rain and drizzle in the middle of December, so we thought that a few pictures are enough to keep this place alive in our hearts and continue our journey of that day.
But what we didn’t know is that a small part of the parliament is open to tourists who can visit it at no cost! And if you are lucky enough, you might be able to make it to the grand Hall of Pillars which is composed of 24 huge marble pillars holding up the main ceiling of the building. Of course, I only found out all this when it was too late, so even if it’s a pretty short travel blog from what I’m usually writing, I thought that it would be important information to share further so if you make it to Vienna, you won’t miss this masterpiece, as I did.
Before ending this post, I’m really curious if you are like me and make this kind of mistake that I mentioned at the beginning of the post… and if so, what is a place that you missed visiting because of this kind of endless rush during your trips?
Other places I’ve seen during my stay in Vienna:
- The Austrian Parliament Building
- Capuchin Church (Katholische Kapuzinerkirche “Hl. Maria von den Engeln”)
- The tour of the Christmas Markets from Vienna, Austria
more coming soon…
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