Albertina

Yesterday we went to the Albertina museum located in the center of Vienna. They have just started a new exhibit called Monet to Picasso. It is actually one family's collection that they have loaned to the Albertina for a permanent display. We saw original paintings from all of my favorite artists like Monet, Renoir, Degas, Matisse, Kandinsky, Dürer, Rothko, Pollock, and more. It was amazing. There is just something about seeing the originals of all of the paintings that I have studied for years. We saw one of Monet's waterlily paintings. I could actually see each brush stroke that he did while painting that painting in 1917. It was amazing. Carli brought her pad of paper and sat down in front of a drawing by Renoir and started to draw what she saw. I think that she loved the museum as much as I did.

The boys, however, had a very different experience....