Showing posts with label Vienna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vienna. Show all posts
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Vienna again
I couldn't post for some reason so the dates are presently out of order but here are more pics from Vienna !
Day3 - Schonnbrunn castle
This morning we went to Schonnbrunn castle the home of the king of Austria up until the last century, when the last king of the period went into excite rather than leave the title. The castle was purchased and restored for public exhibition. Franz josef and his wife had 16 children with only 11 surviving childhood, one of which was Marie Antoinette. All their daughters were married off for political alliances and the sons were to future rulers.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
On the road to vienna
Today we headed to Vienna , three hours by car with a break on the way. Everything was large scale at the stop. Lauren spotted a 5 kg Nutella container and 2 kg of toblerone etc.
On arrival in Vienna we had lunch and then we into the city for a few hours to orientate ourselves on the underground and look around. So much to see in such a short time.
On arrival in Vienna we had lunch and then we into the city for a few hours to orientate ourselves on the underground and look around. So much to see in such a short time.
Klimt and Schiele exhibition at the Leopold!
We only had few hours in the morning to go to see the Klimt and Schiele exhibition at the Leopold museum. It was wonderful but not as much Klimt as I would have liked, but it all beautiful. And we squeezed in a look at an interesting fashion exhibition that was free for the end of vienna's fashion week.
After that we walked to the university of Vienna to meet Albert and off to my cousin Ali 's flat for lunch and then to his stilt house by the Danube. We met Ali and his son elias there for a catch up and then had dinner high in the Vienna woods at a local hofbrau house.Doris Ali' girlfriend joined us for dinner.
After that we walked to the university of Vienna to meet Albert and off to my cousin Ali 's flat for lunch and then to his stilt house by the Danube. We met Ali and his son elias there for a catch up and then had dinner high in the Vienna woods at a local hofbrau house.Doris Ali' girlfriend joined us for dinner.
A rest day but also a drive to Wurthersee!
Today we had a sleep in and then in the afternoon went for a drive around Wurtersee( one of the largest lakes in Austria) and especially trendy. It has a boat service to get around the different sides. We also visited a lovely gothic church with a magnificent view of the lake. And then a ice cream at the lakes edge.
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