On Wednesday all the students of the Comenius project visited the Silver
Chamber. The Silver Chamber is an exhibition that shows the former Court Silver and Table Room. It's in the 1st district of Vienna. The visit started with a painting of Mª Theresia in a festival situated in the Palace. Also Spanish people attended the feast. Then we participated in a guided tour through many different rooms. In these rooms we could see the plates, tables, forks, knives and all these things that used to use The Empress Sissi. Something that we found interesting was that the monarch ate with fingers until the Russians brought table manners (eating with knife and fork) and also napkins that were folded in a specific way to Austria.
And... did you know that the Empress Elisabeth may have been the first known person who
suffered from anorexia? These, and more things we learned thanks to Ingrid. Our personal guide in the exhibition. Thank you!
by Vanessa & Agnes
