We arrived in Vienna on 10 April. We stayed in a wonderful old Vienna style flat - large rooms, big heavy doors, neighborhood feel to it - that was steps away from a subway station and next to the Danube River. It rained or was drizzly pretty much the whole time we were there - a pattern that would follow us throughout the vacation - but we made the best of it and enjoyed the beauty that is Vienna.
She has the prettiest stone hair I have ever seen.
Famous toilets
They are "loos" designed by Adolf Loos.
Pinocchio is inescapable in central Europe. I saw a lot of him in the Czech Republic too.
Neat mechanical clock
EVERYONE loves The Wizard of Oz.
Really awesome fountain
It is written in stone that you should not drink the water in the Viennese fountains. I recommend the coffee anyway.
Another awesome fountain across the way which gives a whole new meaning to the image of fish lips.
Check out the tongue
He looks scared. I would be too if I was fighting fish-lipped, spiky-tongued creatures.
Rotunda that houses the entrance to the famous Spanish Riding School where the Lippizaner stallions live.
No dogs allowed...
The Palmenhaus in the Burggarten (Palace Garden)
We ate lunch here.
The Schmetterling Haus was just next door so we went to visit all of the pretty schmetterlings.
Owen was a schmetterling magnet.
Then we went into the (I can't remember what museum this was...) to see the famous unicorn horn - a narwhal tusk - but we'll play along too if it makes the Viennese feel better.
Mozart statue
Some street novelties
I believe this is a view of the Rathaus (Town Hall).
Naturhistorisches Museum
This was an amazing museum with more rocks in cases than I ever thought existed in the earth. Each room was gorgeous and had statues on the wall which held items displayed within the room.
The chocolate menu in the museum cafe
A display about geographical imaging
Notice that it is a NASA image of Baltimore, Maryland.
While not exactly disco fever, I came down with an exhausting flu-like sickness on the last afternoon and then Craig caught it that evening and Finn had some mild symptoms as well. I was okay enough to get us packed and out the door the next day. Unfortunately, Craig was still bad. After a group effort lugging our luggage (aptly named for a reason) down four flights of stairs from our rental flat (no lift) and then down four more flights of stairs to the subway (lift was broken), Craig was wiped out as was I. With divine providence, we made it onto the direct train to Salzburg and vegged out for three hours. The travel day was completely sunny and beautiful. We arrived in Salzburg, the kids ate lunch, we took a taxi to our fab hotel and Craig and I took a huge nap while the kids relaxed and watched movies.
She has the prettiest stone hair I have ever seen.
Famous toiletsThey are "loos" designed by Adolf Loos.
Pinocchio is inescapable in central Europe. I saw a lot of him in the Czech Republic too.
Neat mechanical clock
EVERYONE loves The Wizard of Oz.
Really awesome fountain
It is written in stone that you should not drink the water in the Viennese fountains. I recommend the coffee anyway.
Another awesome fountain across the way which gives a whole new meaning to the image of fish lips.
Check out the tongue
He looks scared. I would be too if I was fighting fish-lipped, spiky-tongued creatures.
Rotunda that houses the entrance to the famous Spanish Riding School where the Lippizaner stallions live.
No dogs allowed...
The Palmenhaus in the Burggarten (Palace Garden)We ate lunch here.
The Schmetterling Haus was just next door so we went to visit all of the pretty schmetterlings.
Owen was a schmetterling magnet.
Then we went into the (I can't remember what museum this was...) to see the famous unicorn horn - a narwhal tusk - but we'll play along too if it makes the Viennese feel better.
Mozart statue
Some street novelties
I believe this is a view of the Rathaus (Town Hall).
Naturhistorisches MuseumThis was an amazing museum with more rocks in cases than I ever thought existed in the earth. Each room was gorgeous and had statues on the wall which held items displayed within the room.
The chocolate menu in the museum cafe
A display about geographical imagingNotice that it is a NASA image of Baltimore, Maryland.
While not exactly disco fever, I came down with an exhausting flu-like sickness on the last afternoon and then Craig caught it that evening and Finn had some mild symptoms as well. I was okay enough to get us packed and out the door the next day. Unfortunately, Craig was still bad. After a group effort lugging our luggage (aptly named for a reason) down four flights of stairs from our rental flat (no lift) and then down four more flights of stairs to the subway (lift was broken), Craig was wiped out as was I. With divine providence, we made it onto the direct train to Salzburg and vegged out for three hours. The travel day was completely sunny and beautiful. We arrived in Salzburg, the kids ate lunch, we took a taxi to our fab hotel and Craig and I took a huge nap while the kids relaxed and watched movies.
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