Well it was cold - damn cold! A wonderful city for
walking even in the cold. Beautiful buildings, fabulously decorated
churches and classical concert touts! Everywhere you were offered
Mozart and Strauss concerts. We attended one in the Kursalon and
it was lovely. Music, singing and ballet.
Public transport was easy and shopping was fun. We
bought Jangles a coat at one of the markets.
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St Stephen's is the principal cathedral right in the centre
of the city. It was snowing!
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The fabulous decorative tile work. Very Austrian I think.
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Another view of the cathedral.
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Horse drawn carriages waiting for the tourists coming out
of the cathedral and take them on a city tour.
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In the suburbs - the Hunderwasser Haus - very avant garde.
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A lovely pulpit in St Peters church. We were there during
Lent - hence the purple cloth!
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The Hunderwasser Haus looks a bit run down these days.
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Another view - I think it was more impressive when it was
new - or even "glowing in the summer sunshine"
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The obligatory visit to Schonnbrun Palace - it was a shortish
train ride from Vienna.
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The Hofburg Theatre opposite the Town Hall - Rathaus.
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The SeeGrotto near Mayerling was used during the war to build
planes. It is retained as a museum.
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Carriages waiting for tourists with the Rathaus in the distance.
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The belltower of St Charles Borromeo church
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Fabulous carving on the pulpit in St Stephen's cathedral.
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Heiligenkreuz - Holy Cross. A Cistercian monastery near Mayerling
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The interior of St Charles Borromeo
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More of the relics in the SeeGrotto up in the Vienna Hills
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It is astounding that they could actually build whole planes
in such a small place.
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The cloisters of Holy Cross
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Private "balcony" in St Peter's church - obviously
for gentry!
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St Charles Borromeo church
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The courtyard of a little tavern in Grinzing
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Evening in Grinzing - up in the Vienna Woods
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Entertainment in a tavern in Grinzing
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Strauss monument by day
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Strauss monument by night
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Getting the daily gossip in Vienna
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A central shopping mall in the heart of Vienna
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A little side street in Vienna
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America - Australia monument on one of the museums on Maria
Teresa Platz - the Kuntz History Museum I think.
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The view from the Reisenrad - the big Ferris Wheel
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Belvedere - a beautiful palace in Vienna - recently restored
I believe.
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A beautiful stained glass window - primarily black and white
- in Holy Cross monastery
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Beautiful ceiling murals in Holy Cross
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Lovely paneling and murals along the cloisters of Holy Cross
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The exterior of Holy Cross.
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Long view of the cloisters of Holy Cross.
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Tomb of the last Babenberg in Holy Cross
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Kursalon Theatre by day. We attended a lovely concert here
one evening.
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Just as beautiful in the evening.
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Outside the Kuntz History Museum - with America-Australia
in the background
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Mayerling is now a Carmelite Convent and this was a little
chapel devoted to St Therese of Lisieux
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Another Hofburg museum and the tourist cab awaits!
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I loved the juxtaposition of the elegant Mozart Cafe and
the Aussie Pub!
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Marie Therese Platz and the Kuntz History Museum.
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The utterly glorious architecture of the Rathaus - Town Hall.
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An interesting chandelier in a little restaurant near where
we stayed.
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Beautiful ironwork on the gates of Schonnbrun Palace
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Sacher Hotel - home of the delicious Sacher Torte. Yes, it
was expensive but divine.
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The SeeGrotto includes an underground lake.
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The impressive St Michael guarding his church.
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The Vienna Reisenrad.
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Vienna in winter
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St Charles Borromeo church
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