Adventures with Audrey

  "Luise Greger was a German composer and pianist" (Wikipedia). She grew up playing the piano and was really good at it. She started composer at the age of 11. She was composing, playing, and teaching music all on her own. She married Dr. Ludwig Greger but later divorce him to pursue her music. She traveled all over to put on performance. In 1939, she moved to an elderly home and in 1943 she was placed in a mental institution where she died because of starvation (due to Nazi regime). BYU student decided to recover her music a couple years ago. They wanted to bring her music back to life. I think what makes Luise Greger contribution to Berlin so important was how skilled she was as a composer. She started composer at such a young age and was well loved by people. She is an example that women can be great composer and to let your talent be seen. She kept on composer music well into her seventies. The Nazi covered up her work which is unfortunate but now her work is being redisc

  Kristina Cyllenstierna was a very interesting women to learn about in Stockholm. She was a very respected leader in Stockholm. She was a noble women and led the resistance against Christian II of Denmark (wikipedia). She encourage troops to keep on fighting on the resistance. She participated a lot as an advisor in state affair and in politics. The King of Sweden felt threaten by her after she was release from prison in Denmark. To get rid of her, he decides to marry her off to another noble man. Kristina Cyllenstierna lived a very eventful life and was seen as a powerful person among others. Kristina Cyllenstierna contribute to Stockholms loyalty and defended her country when Sweden needed her. She was a leader through the resistance and encourage people of Stockholm to defend their country and properly fight for what is properly theirs. She pushed them to keep on fighting even after the blood bath. She is also example to women of different roles women can have in a society and in w

On Thursday, I got to see and learn about the Vasa ship. This ship was so beautiful and I could only image how power this warship could be if it didn't sink. The museum where this ship is in had to be built around the ship. In the museum, each level there are different information about the ship. The bottom level is about the passengers. The middle has a film where you learn about some information about the boat. The top floor holds information about the layout of the ship. Each level you see a different view of the ship and can really admire the structure of the ship. The Vasa ship is important to Stockholm because it holds a lot of information about Stockholm naval power back in the 17th century. It's living proof of what ships would look like back then and how naval power was very important to a country. It is also interesting how quickly this ship sunk from the shore and how it is still preserve so well for being sunk in the water for about 300 years. The Vasa was meant to

  The Reichstag Building is so incredible and a very unique building. Visitors are welcome to grow up to the fourth floor and explore the dome and learn about the Reichstag deep history.  At the bottom of the dome, you can go outside and overlook the whole city. Inside the dome, you mourned the center of the dome and can learn about the history of the building. Visitor can also walk up the dome to the very top, and see the city from there. The dome reflects a lot of light and is very bright. In the center, there is a pole filled with mirror. I think there are mirrors to show that people make up the parliament.  The Reichstag has a lot of history tied to it that makes it important to Berlin. First, it is the parliament building which makes up the government. It took ten years to builds. In 1933, the building was lit on fire and most of the building was ruined. Hilter use the fire to put a bad light on communist and strengthen his party. Hitler never really liked the meaning of the buuil

  On Monday, I got to go through Kathe Kollwitz Museum and see her painting. Her painting have this deep, depressing aura that captures your attraction and makes you ponder on her pieces. I can feel her emotion through the painting. Kathe Kollwitz is a German artist know for her etching and sculptures. She married Karl Kollwitz, a doctor, against her parents wishes because they thought getting married would ruin her art career. Instead it was the opposite. Karl was willing to take care of the kids while she etching. Kathe used to paint the working class before her son died in World War One. After that, her pieces focus  on grieving parents, especially mothers.  I think what makes contribution so important is how well she capture so much emotion in her work while  barely having anything on her pages. She was able to show the depressing side of World War Two. After the War, she was the first women ever to be a professor at the Prussian Academy of Arts (wikipedia) but during World War Two

In Stockholm I got to through the ABBA museum. I am a big fan of ABBA and grew up on their music. Going to a museum dedicated to them made my day. This museum was so interactive and had a lot of information about the group before and after their days as a music group. Visitors had the opportunity to be the fifth member of the group. There was a recording studio, silent disco sessions, and a place where you could perform with the group. You learn about each member and how they created the groups. You walked through their stages of life with how they got famous and how that impacted their life. It was so much fun to look at their costumes and to hear their songs.  I don't think ABBA had a huge impact of Sweden history or culture but people associate ABBA to Stockholm. They were first introduce to the world by winning Eurovision for Stockholm (the song that won was Waterloo). They made music a huge part of Stockholm and it is incorporated into their culture. Their music has a lot of e

 what Lise Meitner is a great example for women in science. Meitner grew up and went to a university in Vienna where she was the 2nd women to graduate in physics. Vienna wouldn't offer her a lab because she was a women so she moved to Berlin. Berlin gave her a workshop for a lab. She was also the first female professor in Physics in Germany. During World War One, she was an x-ray nurse-technician and discovery the element protactinium. During World War Two, she lost all her positions and her lab because she was jewish. She had to move to Sweden to escape the Nazi's. She was offer to join the Manhattan Project but decline because she didn't want to be part of group that was responsible for building a bomb (thought it was unmoral).  I think what makes Lise Meitner contribution to Berlin and to the World so important is that she was an example that women deserve a role in science. She also shows that you don't have to lose your humanity to achieve greatness. She discover a

  On Sunday, I got to walk through the Memorial to the Murder Jews. Without knowing the background of this memorial, I would have thought this place was just a fun monument to walk and play around in. Knowing that this monument is dedicated to the murder jews of Europe, it gives this place a more depressing aura that allows you to get caught into. The block (slates) look like gravestones. It's so easy to get lost with the the blocks getting high and the ground getting lower. There is an exhibit below the memorial filled with information about the victims of the holocaust and allowing visitors to see the holocaust through the victims eyes. The memorial is very moving and does an excellent job as portraying it meaning. Something that really intrigue me is that the site where the Memorial to the Murder Jews of Europe stand has no importance to Jews or the Holocaust. It does stand in Berlin, which held one of the largest populating of Jews in Europe before WWII (wikipedia). I think tha

  On Thursday, I got to go through the Skansen Open Air museum in Stockholm. This museum was so cool to walk around because it took you back in time to Sweden before the industrial era. It is also the oldest open air museum. In the museum, they have a zoo, little villages to learn about history, and markets. There were people dressed in olden, traditional clothes who give you information about houses and how the people lived back then. I got to walk into this one house and learn how people back then kept their homes warm warm. This house had no chimney and held sand in the roof so that the smoke would stay in the house and warm the house all day. I also liked how the workers really got into their parts and were proud to portray their past.  I think Skansen the open air Museum is important historically and culturally to Stockholm. It is important historically because the museum exhibit the history of Stockholm/Sweden and how people in the past use to live. It brings the past back to liv

  In Stockholm, we got to learn about Greta Thunberg. I can't believe she is only two year older than me and already accomplished so much in her life. She is a Swedish environmental activist. She also is diagnose with Asperger which impact her social interaction but that doesn't stop her from being an activist. One thing that I admire about Greta is that she is not afraid to speak her mind and fight for what she think is important. She doesn't travel by plane because it goes against her views (releasing CO2 into the air causing global warming) and she even got her own mother, who is an opera singer and travels a lot for her job, to stop traveling by planes. When she was only 15, she decided to strike for climate changes in front the Swedish parliament building all by herself. She didn't care that she was by herself because at least she knew she was trying to to take a stand against climate changes instead of doing nothing about it. She changed history after that by brin

  While the Kiss is the most memorable painting in the Belvedere Museum, the "Mother with Two Children" by Gustav Klimt stood out to me the most. What I like about this painting is the vulnerability and unknown presence it give. Most of the painting has a dark color except the mother and children faces. I think Klimt did that attract viewer to the figures sleeping presence. The figure, especially the mother, are in pure exhaustion and are in a vulnerable state. You can tell that they are poor and are sleeping on the streets. They are fully exposed to the world with only a blanket to comfort them. It shows the reality of how many people lived in poverty back then and having kids in the painting makes this piece depressing. Children shouldn't be sleeping on the street especially when its it cold and that makes this piece depressing since the kids are doing that. Why is the painting "Mother with two children" important to Vienna? This painting is way different from

  I loved walking through the Imperial Treasury Museum in Vienna. I was amazed at all the crowns and riches that the royalty family had. I learn a lot about the different types of robes they wore and learning about the history behind each robe. My favorite thing that I saw was the Austrian imperial crown (picture above). The jewels were so pretty and the crown look like it was heavy to wear. I also liked looking at the Jewels that the empress would have worn. The jewelry must have cost so much to wear and they were definitely worthy for an empress to wear. It was just cool to see what the royal family wore back then and have they shown their status to people. Why is the Imperial Treasury museum important to Vienna? I think it is important because it holds the rich heritage of Austria. People can have an idea how the ruler family lived and remember the royal legacy. It is full of the royal history connected to their treasure. It shows Austria wealth. When the commoners take over the mon

  A fun fact about is that I love psychology so learning about Charlotte Buhler was so cool to me. She is a jewish, "German Developmental psychologist" (wikipedia). She studied humanities and natural science in University of Freiburg and Berlin. She travel to Dresden with Karl Buhler to research child and youth psychology (wikipedia). She was a professor in the University of Vienna which offer her a laboratory to further her research in child psychology. She had to me to the United States during World War Two since she has jewish descants. There she become senior and chief psychologist in Hospital. She has a very eventful life. Charlotte Buhler contribute so much to child psychology. She saw how important it was to nourish and take care of children. She did a study on a group of kids who came from abusive background and watch how they interact with their environment. She use the data to see what will help kids overcome their child trauma and liv a happy life. She founded the

  A Women that I was really interest in Vienna was the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, otherwise known as Sisi. She was born to a duke but had an informal uprising.  "She marry her first cousin, Emperor Franz Jospeh I, at the age of 16"(wikipedia). Fun fact, Franz was suppose to marry Sis sister Helene but Franz refused that and said he wouldn't marry anyone unless it was Sisi. She didn't get to raise her kids as they were always taken away from her by her mother in law. In fact, her mother in law saw her unfit to to be an empress. In her life, she struggle with an eating disorder and many other illnesses (physically and mentally). She was killed on September 10, 1898 by Luigi Lucheni (wikipedia). To be honest, I think her life was depressing with how much she struggle in her personal life. I think what makes her contribution to Vienna and Hungary so important was her love and dedication to both countries. She supported the morph of the Austria empire into the Austria-H

  To be honest, Maria Theresia was so cool. First of all, "she gave birth to 16 kids in 19 years" (wikipedia). That's almost a kid a year (seriously impressive). Second, she was the only women to rule the Habsburg dominions. She was never really crowned empress of Austria but still held the power of an empress. She started ruling empire with a weak military and the empire was in a bad state (barely any money). She was never really taught how to rule an empire and didn't have knowledge about an army. Marie decide she had to step and rebuild Austria and she did. She is credit for regulating Australian empire. I really admire her because she barely had an experience to run an empire but didn't leet that get in her run. She did what she thought was best and it worked out in her favor. She an example to me that I shouldn't let anything get in my way. I think what makes her contribution important is that she cared about her empire and she made her empire stronger. S