Saturday, woke at 7 and rolled over for some more sleep - the shutters and the double glazing make sure it’s dark and quite in the room. Once up, I had to race out to find a bankomat (ATM) to get some Euros to pay the bill and had to walk a couple of tram stops before I found an open one! We checked out and caught the tram to the Süd-bahnhof to dump the bags in a locker and headed off to the Nachtmarket...
Caught the tram and wander down at least a kilometer of stalls, fresh fruit, veges and meat, coffee and food stalls. At the end a great second-hand junk market with a bit of everything; trinkets, records, books, watches, jewelry etc. etc. Wendy found something small to have as a souvenir. Then we dropped Ash off at the Leopold Museum so he could see the Schille exhibition and we went looking for an old Viennese coffee shop for a really nice coffee with strudel. Wandered down to St. Stephans cathedral and joined the throng milling inside.
At 2:00 we met with Edith again and caught the bus up to the Vienna woods and had a picnic before walking across to the lookout. Fantastic views over the city and Danube and had to walk through a wedding reception being held at the lookout. There was also a gathering of the Blue Knights law enforcement motorcycle club at the summit, there must have at least 60 bikes! I wonder if they were the same group we saw in Budapest? Their leathers had different chapters from the UK, Austria etc. On the way back down stopped at the house where Beethoven stayed to write the 6th symphony and had a glass of wine in the lovely garden. Edith kindly invited us to dinner at a restaurant (called the Vienna Woods) in the courtyard of the Scotts Monastery. We each had a nice chicken dinner and much pleasant conversation. Edith had to come back to the Süd-bahnhof to catch her train home so she saw us off and we said Auf Wiedersehen.
Caught the tram and wander down at least a kilometer of stalls, fresh fruit, veges and meat, coffee and food stalls. At the end a great second-hand junk market with a bit of everything; trinkets, records, books, watches, jewelry etc. etc. Wendy found something small to have as a souvenir. Then we dropped Ash off at the Leopold Museum so he could see the Schille exhibition and we went looking for an old Viennese coffee shop for a really nice coffee with strudel. Wandered down to St. Stephans cathedral and joined the throng milling inside.
At 2:00 we met with Edith again and caught the bus up to the Vienna woods and had a picnic before walking across to the lookout. Fantastic views over the city and Danube and had to walk through a wedding reception being held at the lookout. There was also a gathering of the Blue Knights law enforcement motorcycle club at the summit, there must have at least 60 bikes! I wonder if they were the same group we saw in Budapest? Their leathers had different chapters from the UK, Austria etc. On the way back down stopped at the house where Beethoven stayed to write the 6th symphony and had a glass of wine in the lovely garden. Edith kindly invited us to dinner at a restaurant (called the Vienna Woods) in the courtyard of the Scotts Monastery. We each had a nice chicken dinner and much pleasant conversation. Edith had to come back to the Süd-bahnhof to catch her train home so she saw us off and we said Auf Wiedersehen.
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