Vienna II

We made it home safe and sound, and I went almost straight to bed last night. Overall we had a really good time, did and saw quite a bit of things. I liked Vienna. It was pretty and charming - reminiscent of Prague, but didn't have as much character.

Day One - 

As I said in the previous post, we did a walking tour that was outlined in a tourist map. It started at the Opera house, and took us to places like St. Stephen's Cathedral (where we climbed up the tower), past the Imperial Palace, and on to the museums quarter (where we went to the Natural History Museum). We ended the walking tour at an art museum called the Albertina, but we did not go inside (just to the gift shop). From there we did some souvenir shopping and headed toward a restaurant for dinner. 

Day Two - 

We started off at the Schonbrunn Palace. This was the summer home of the Hapsburg Empire and was immense! It snowed all day Sunday, so we did not go around the palace gardens, but from the window, they were still gorgeous.

Then we continued on to see the giant ferris wheel and the Hundertwasser Village. It is hard to fully explain the Hundertwasser house and village, essentially it is a small area of Vienna designed by an artist/ecologist and is extremely colorful and unique. It was very interesting to see.

On our way back to the train station, we stopped to look at a church we had passed earlier that day, then we proceeded to head back to Prague.

outside of the Imperial Palace

Outside of the Schonbrunn Palace (unfortunately photos inside were not allowed)

In front of St. Stephen's Cathedral

The Hundertwasser Hosue

Elephant in front of the Natural History Musuem

The museum had penguins!

It was cold in Vienna!! (A little eskimo statue, where I could put my face inside)

We saw this church from the metro, and stopped to see it.