Friday, mild to warm sunny day and slept well in a dark and quiet room. Fluffed a bit getting organised in the morning, a bit of journalling, looking at maps and washing clothes in the shower. Our room is on the 3rd floor and looks out over a sort of tram exchange. they come in and a guy blows a whistle for them to stop, he then uses a big lever/crow bar to change the tracks and the tram heads off in another direction. Continental breakfast and then out into the street to get our bearings in the day time. Yesterday was a public holiday, so there will be people taking today off as well and making a long weekend of it. Walked along a mall to get back to the station and used the code Guenter had given us to get our ticket out of a machine - it worked, great! another thing sorted.
Spied Edith at the statue and said our hello’s before walking out across the intersection to Belvedere. Edith was a fount of knowledge of Viennese/Austrian/European history and a great guide. We wound our way around the old city of Vienna and were surprised time and time gain when a new place or church appeared out of nowhere! Had a stop at a Tresniewski shop for some sandwiches of cucumber & egg and herring & onion and a pfiffe (a fifth or a whistle) glass of beer. Stood up at a little round table out on the street for this special experience. Edith continued picking out the highlights for us and took us for a lovely coffee and cake at the L.Heiner cafe. Caught a tram to Schonbrunn (good spring) Schloss (palace) and walked past the post office where Edith’s grandfather used to work (he actually got to deliver a letter addressed to the emperor. Beautiful gardens and nice shade to walk in and lots of birds and few squirrels. It’s all amazing and looks expensive, the aristocracy sure did it in style. The conservatory in the palace gardens below (three climate zones even!).
Back into the city and off to the Volks Theatre to rendezvous with Guenter at 7. Then onto tram line D and up to the Heurigen (Vienna’s renowned wine taverns) for a lovely dinner. Lots of people out in the balm weather, kids still running around at 10:30pm! Good-bye to Guenter, and headed back to Süd-bahnhof and goodnight to Edith when she had to change stations one stop before us. We agreed to meet her again tomorrow afternoon at the Opera house and head up to the Vienna woofs in the afternoon.
Spied Edith at the statue and said our hello’s before walking out across the intersection to Belvedere. Edith was a fount of knowledge of Viennese/Austrian/European history and a great guide. We wound our way around the old city of Vienna and were surprised time and time gain when a new place or church appeared out of nowhere! Had a stop at a Tresniewski shop for some sandwiches of cucumber & egg and herring & onion and a pfiffe (a fifth or a whistle) glass of beer. Stood up at a little round table out on the street for this special experience. Edith continued picking out the highlights for us and took us for a lovely coffee and cake at the L.Heiner cafe. Caught a tram to Schonbrunn (good spring) Schloss (palace) and walked past the post office where Edith’s grandfather used to work (he actually got to deliver a letter addressed to the emperor. Beautiful gardens and nice shade to walk in and lots of birds and few squirrels. It’s all amazing and looks expensive, the aristocracy sure did it in style. The conservatory in the palace gardens below (three climate zones even!).
Back into the city and off to the Volks Theatre to rendezvous with Guenter at 7. Then onto tram line D and up to the Heurigen (Vienna’s renowned wine taverns) for a lovely dinner. Lots of people out in the balm weather, kids still running around at 10:30pm! Good-bye to Guenter, and headed back to Süd-bahnhof and goodnight to Edith when she had to change stations one stop before us. We agreed to meet her again tomorrow afternoon at the Opera house and head up to the Vienna woofs in the afternoon.
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