Happy All Saints Day!
As I mentioned before this is a bank holiday
in Austria. Since a majority of the people are Roman Catholic they go to church
and visit the cemeteries to remember their deceased family and friends. We
drove about 1/2 hour from the boat to get into the city center. Austria has 8.7
million people with 1.9 million in Vienna. We first drove around the city as
the guide pointed out different landmarks and then we took a walking tour which
took us to the royal palace, the statue of Maria Theresa, the museums, the
stables of the Lippanzers and St. Stephens Cathedral. The architecture in these
old cities is so interesting. We stopped for lunch and enjoyed different types
of sausage, pretzels, cabbage, spaetzle, and beer. From there we made our way
to the subway to head to Schonbrunn Palace. The outside of the palace while
impressive in size was quite plain on the outside but it was elaborate on the
inside. Unfortunately no pictures were allowed. It has been very interesting
learning about the history of the Hapsburgs. The home of Maria Teresa with
1400+ rooms is spectacular. It would be wonderful to see the gardens when they
are in full bloom.
We came back to the boat for happy hour, we have found a German wheat beer that we love and then had our nightly port call and then a typical Austrian dinner. The food has been sensational. We have really been spoiled.
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| Maria Theresa |
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| The Royal Palace |
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| Statue in front of the Royal Palace |
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| Flags of many nations at the Royal Palace |
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| Inside the courtyard |
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| Inside the courtyard |
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| A famous Lippanzer |
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| Streets of Vienna - need a teddy bear? |
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| Notice the year - the US is such a baby |
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| Another Trinity Statue - Trying to keep the plague away |
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| St. Stephen's Cathedral |
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| Enjoying Spaetzle |
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| Bavarian Sausage |
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| CiCi's twin |
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| The gates of Schonbrunn Palace |
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| Schonbrunn Palace |
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| Schonbrunn Palace Garden |
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| Schonbrunn Palace Garden |
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| Nice wedding venue |
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| Back to the ship |
We came back to the boat for happy hour, we have found a German wheat beer that we love and then had our nightly port call and then a typical Austrian dinner. The food has been sensational. We have really been spoiled.
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