Our first 2 days in Vienna were very busy even though we hadn’t planned them to be. It is hard to get out of the habit of packing in as much as possible. The third morning we started off with a walking tour. Again we discovered places that we wouldn’t have seen on our own.
Chapel of the Teutonic Knights.
300 year old Plane Tree
Courtyard with collection of grill work
This ‘dome’ is actually an illusion. When viewed from another angle it is obviously painted on a flat surface.
We had hoped to see a performance at the Spanish Riding School, but found that they only perform on the weekends and we had missed it. We decided to watch a morning practise session instead. I must admit that we watched with mixed feelings. It was fascinating to see the beautiful horses being put through their paces, but you could see the sort of training that was needed to achieve some of the unnatural steps that they are required to perform.
There is a clock in Hoher Markt which has a parade of figures at 12 noon. We had fun watching it.
This late in the trip we were looking for things a little different from churches and art galleries, so the Butterfly House seemed like a good idea, especially as the weather, while sunny, was still very cool. Claire, of course, had a great time trying to get the ‘perfect photo’.
OK, no more butterfly pictures!
Our last day in Vienna was overcast and even colder than the previous days. Peter was not going to visit any more galleries, but Claire talked him into the Natural History Museum.
We spent about 4 hours there. It has the most amazing collection of minerals, fossils, animals and birds we have ever seen. All housed in a beautiful building.
In the afternoon we crossed the river to visit UNO City, where the United Nations is based. We spent about an hour absolutely fascinated by a construction site!
We had six days in Vienna, it was great but on reflection however we could have shortened it by one day and spent the extra day somewhere else. The Pension Ani Falstaff is a great place to stay as its very close to the D tram which goes past many of the attractions in Viennia. Its also close to a number of good restaurants close by. One of the secrets of eating in Austria is the quality of food and price at the tradition pub/restaurants. There was one nearby “Landsknecht’ where we ate for three of nights of our six night stay.
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