Today we did really exciting things like sleeping in and doing the laundry and organising our next couple of train trips and going to the supermarket (not as straight forward as it sounds!).
But...we also discovered the HOHO bus and started to explore Vienna. We got our first glimpse of Stephansdom - the central landmark of Vienna...
...as well as the Blue Danube...
...the State Opera and many of the churches...
St Francis of Assisi
...palaces, monuments, museums and coffeehouses around the city! The architecture is lovely...
...and the city is filled with parks and gardens - almost 50% of Vienna is green. The HOHO bus also took us through Prata which used to be the Emperor's hunting grounds until he opened it to the public, now it's a recreation area filled with sporting grounds, restaurants, walking tracks, gardens and an amusement park complete with a famous ferris wheel.
Oh and we finally had apple streudel! It was good!!
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Hi Jo and Collette,
ReplyDeleteYour blogspot is amazing. So interesting with great photos and incredibly HUMEROUS!!!! I have been following it all along but have had no idea how to post a a comment so I am hoping this works. By the way not much planning gets done at my desk cos' I'm too busy reading your blog!!!! What a fantastic time it looks like you are having - soooo jealous especially now that I am back from our great adventure. Shikes I miss the sun!!!! Just loving reading about your trip - loved the SOM pics!!!! Love Lin xx