038 Austria Part 1

Austria: Vienna
Once again, so many pictures. At this stage we have just reached 2000 photo's (including a few videos) after deleting dud ones!

Frank kept singing the Ultravox song 'Vienna' until we left and then magically stopped. He did have a bruised arm but he still kept singing!

Hofburg Palace. While we didn't go on a tour we did go to see the Dancing Spanish White horses. I wasn't quite sure how I felt about this as while some of the horses were undoubtedly enjoying themselves, many were not.

 

This was so cute. There was a ramp for the ducks.

Vienna Rathaus (Town Hall)

These were cocktails. We were not brave enough to ask the price.

We've been surprised by just how many cities do have trams. The public transport system was great. We used Bus, Subway & Tram - all cheap and efficient.

We had a wonderful hour in Stadtpark. The weather was perfect. We had a laze on the grass. The park was full of statues in honour of musicians. Frank shows his skill at playing an invisible violin.

The Danube. You cannot believe how much effort we had to go to to just get to the actual river. There are lots of 'tributaries/canals'

 Schronbrunn Palace from the top of the hill we climbed. 

 Artistic, hey :)

 

 We really enjoyed the Naschmarkit that had trash and treasure one side and the most amazing Deli's the other. We had lunch here, pointed at something someone else was eating and were rewarded by the most delicious anti-pasta platter I've ever had.

 

And finally we went to a concert where we had front row seats. 48 musicians and 4 opera singers. Just 90 mins but it was enough.

and of course the final thing that was played was the Vienna waltz - perfect.