August 9

A final goodbye to my dad and sister....

Today, I didn't make a vlog for my YouTube Channel because today was my Dad's and sister's final day in Vienna before they had to go back to America. When I first came to Vienna on Week One, my Dad and sister decided to follow me and stay for the first week. This was, in part, because my mom forced them to (Mom is basically the boss of the house, so what she says goes) because my mom wanted to make sure I had everything that I needed for the month that I would be here. The other reason was because it's Vienna, so why not?

Unlike me and the rest of this class, they didn't have the privilege of staying here for one month, but they did have the privilege of staying here for a week. Although we were both in Vienna, my dad and sister mostly let me be alone and went on their own detours. My Dad and sister essentially did a speedrun version of my trip. In just one week, they went to many of the same places that I went to, but unlike me, they also visited Salzburg, Hallstadt, and finally, Mauthausen. Unlike our class, who would have the convenient luxury of traveling via bus, my Dad and sister had to hike up to the former concentration camp. My dad was exhausted from the climb, and my sister was worried she'd have to call Austria's version of 911. Thankfully, he was okay and they were able to see that concentration camp.

Yesterday, after my visit to Spiegelgrund, I met up with my sister, who had returned to Vienna after she and dad visited Mauthausen. The two of us went to the Film Festival at the Vienna Ratthaus and watched a video of the Rolling Stones on a massive screen.

Today, I met up with them once more at the Café Central for brunch. After eating brunch at the Café Central, we went to the Kaiserliche Schatzkammer (Imperial Treasury) at the Hofburg. Neither they, nor I, had been there before, so we figured we might as well check it out.

Into the KAiserliche Schatzkammer (Imperial Treasury)

Imperial Crown of Austria

One of the many legendary treasuries housed here is the Imperial Crown of Austria (pictured above). The Imperial Crown of Austria (German: Österreichische Kaiserkrone) is a crownformerly in use by the monarchs of the Habsburg monarchy. The crown was originally made in 1602 in Prague by Jan Vermeyen as the personal crown of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, and therefore is also known as the Crown of Emperor Rudolf II (German: Rudolfskrone). The crown was used as a private crown of the Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Hungary and Bohemia from the House of Habsburg. In 1804 it became the official crown of the newly constituted Austrian Empire. After 1867 it remained the imperial crown of the Cisleithanian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until 1918.

Das Kreuznagelreliquiar

It is believed that contained inside this golden treasure is one of the nails used in the Crucifixion of Jesus, and there's some religious significance behind that. As an agnostic who questions the entire historcity of the Bible, I dunno if this is actually one of the nails used to nail Jesus to that cross. What is undeniable, however, is that this is a beautiful piece of treasure.

Other cool treasures that I don't feel like naming just because of the sheer number of them.

Still not done with all these treasures?

There's MORE Treasures?!

I'm not even halfway through my photos that I took (though to be fair, some of my photos are of the same treasure from different angles). Anywho, here's some more epic treasure from the bygone era of the Habsburg.

After we saw all these countless treasures, my Dad, sister, and I went to a bar in the Volksgarten, a garden ranked as one of the most beautiful in the word. With this, we part ways for the remainder of the month.

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