The Secessionists clubhouse...

(Charlotte getting a little slap-happy... )

The building's nickname is "the cabbage".

Secessionists are Viennese Art Nouveu

The Secessionists were a group of artists who wanted to break off from the Academy of art.  They created their own museum (clubhouse, as Bob and I call it.)  They were lucky because the city helped pay for the building too...  That is where we are headed.  We emerged from the subway to find ourselves here, in an example of a this kind of work by one of their leading architects, Otto Wagner, at Karlsplatz railway station.

From Schonbrunn to Secessionists

We saw on the map that we were going to have to take the "U4" subway to get to Karlsplatz.  It was starting to rain a little.  We were proud that we were figuring out where to go pretty well, but we still are not sure how people pay for riding the trams or busses or the underground, because no one has ever checked our tickets!  We bought a 3 day pass for each of us, but from what we have seen, it seems like it is all on the honor system.  Bob has suggested it is a sign of "socialism".... which, if it is, looks so sophisticated and civilized in comparison to the "wild west"...

Charlotte on stilts

Emma on stilts

Wha???

Chicken man (on stilts) trying to invite Emma to try some of the children's games they had set up.

Easter eggs