Monday, June 24, 2013
We got up at 3am to catch a shuttle to Jerusalem for an 8:30 flight to Vienna. By the time we got to our B&B it was 3pm, it was raining, we were wet, and we decided to buy groceries and take the rest of the day off.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Today was pretty relaxed. We hoped to see the famous Lipizzaner stallions rehearsing in the Hofburg Palace but they were out touring, so we started with audio-guided walking tours of the center of Vienna and St. Stephen's Cathedral. Then we wandered the city, catching two organ concerts and an acapella choir (Ebony Chorale) in St. Peter's Church. St. Stephen's Cathedral is the center of Vienna and boasts two skeletons in glass cases and a Turkish 17th century cannonball stuck in one of it's buttresses.
We ate treats in a fancy coffee shop named Demel. Jeff had a "Schokobombe" (Chocolate Bomb) and Ruth had an "Annatorte" (rich chocolate cake).
We got up at 3am to catch a shuttle to Jerusalem for an 8:30 flight to Vienna. By the time we got to our B&B it was 3pm, it was raining, we were wet, and we decided to buy groceries and take the rest of the day off.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Today was pretty relaxed. We hoped to see the famous Lipizzaner stallions rehearsing in the Hofburg Palace but they were out touring, so we started with audio-guided walking tours of the center of Vienna and St. Stephen's Cathedral. Then we wandered the city, catching two organ concerts and an acapella choir (Ebony Chorale) in St. Peter's Church. St. Stephen's Cathedral is the center of Vienna and boasts two skeletons in glass cases and a Turkish 17th century cannonball stuck in one of it's buttresses.
We ate treats in a fancy coffee shop named Demel. Jeff had a "Schokobombe" (Chocolate Bomb) and Ruth had an "Annatorte" (rich chocolate cake).
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| A Strange Tiny Bagpipe Band that Marched into our Path |
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| Monument to the Fight Against the Plague |
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| Skeleton of a Saint on Display in St. Peter's Church |
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| Ebony Chorale Singing in St. Peter's Church |
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| Sampling Desserts at Demel: Annatorte and Schokobombe |
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| Our Seating at Demel |
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| Hercules Statue at the Hofburg Palace |
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| Side Gate at Hofburg Palace |
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| Nave of St. Stephen's Cathedral |
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| Model of St. Stephen's Cathedral |
Those desserts look amazing!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I tried to comment a couple days ago, but I don't think it worked. We got your postcard! Thank you!