After a night in the only hostel on our trip we staarted off on our final biking day to Vienna,or Wiens as the locals call it. Our day was sunny and we travelled right along the Danube until it turned into a canal running into the city. We are staying at the Pension Dr. Geissler right on the canal and just on the edge of the Ringstrasse, a route that circles the old city. Vienna is a beautiful,old city with high buildings,narrow streets and modern day shopping under architecture that is timeless.
The easiest way to get our bearings was the city bus tour where we say St. Stephens Cathedral, the Vienna Opera house ,the Hoffburg Palace where the imperial apartments and silver collection are housed, and the list goes on.
This is the city of composers so we spent some time wandering through Stadtpark looking at statues of Josann Strauss and others.
We decided a trip to Austria wasn,t complete without a real a snitzel dinner ,so off we went to a restaurant where the snitzel was so large it hung over the edge of the plate. A real meat eaters delight.
It is the city of gourmet delight----- gelatto,pastries and street venders everywhere we look. We bike hard all day to deserve our treats but we can,t understand why the people here are not obese. Every cafe is full at all times.
Peter wanted to see the Lipizzaner stallions while we were here so this morning we took in a morning practice- interesting to see the expertise of their training but a real show would have been more impressive.
One more day in Vienna and we hit the trail for Bratislava,Slovakia.Till then
Dearest friends,
ReplyDeleteThough I haven't checked in often, I DO think of you every single day - often with a niggling feeling of guilt that I am so un-physical as compared to you, but each to his own. So much of what you describe sounds familiar, and I know what you mean by the afternoon pastry coffee shops and the surprisingly thin people.
Love you all and STAY SAFE! M.E.
I loved Vienna - it's a beautiful city, isn't it? I remember touring the Schonbrunn Palace too. Thanks for bringing back some great memories. So happy your trip is going well. Be safe. xo Linda
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