March 19, 2012
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Puppets!
In the Hohsensalzburg Fortress, there was a marionette museum. Marionettes (which are puppets on strings) are big in Austria. Remember the lonely goatherd song in The Sound of Music? Now days, they do a lot of operas with puppets. I think it might make me enjoy opera more to see it performed by wooden things on strings. Plus, they are a mix of very cool and slightly creepy.
Here’s Maria from The Sound of Music
I thought a marionette horse and carriage were pretty cool.
This one was pretty.
These ones had something to do with a dance of death. I assume it was an opera. Don Giovanni?
Libby even got to try one out!
Then, we got to pose in the cut outs. But we had a bit of trouble. No, not quite like that, Michael.
Uhh, wrong way?
This is more like it. Almost.
The Austrians (and the Japanese tourists) must have thought we were lunatics.
