Vienna's such a cultural city. I really really loved it. On the second day in Vienna, we did a lot of sighteeing. We first had a really good breakfast: omelettes with ham just for 2.50 euros. Then we saw the city hall, theater, the Hofburg imperial palace which included the Sisi musuem and the royal apartnments. I really really like the Sisi portrait... I think she looks ethereal. Pity that she was such a melancholic empress. Anyway... moving on, we saw the outside of the State opera house as well.
There were two very impressive churches worth mentioning: St Stephen's church... very much like the cathedral in Barcelona. St Peter's was really fantastic.. it's a small replica of the Da Vinci church in Rome apparently. It was simply breathtaking... I can't wait to see the real one! Went to the Pratar amusement park where Ivan and Yuxian took the vertical shot ride... *shudder*
We had dinner at Grinzing... it was the best! We had pork knuckles and there was so much live music. The violinist would come over and wink at you teasingly... and the overall atmosphere was just so happy... you just feel like bobbing your head to the music. Songs like 'smoke gets in your eyes was playing.
On the fourth day in Vienna, we spent most of the time at Schonbrunn palace. Had a very informative tour around the palace... Schonbrunn's actually the summer residence of the royal family. Hofburg' the winter residence. We saw a total of 40 rooms in total and most of them were lavishly decorated. I saw more of Sisi too!
Went to the maze and got a little lot and the labyrinth just really tired us out. We saw the brazilian guys again! (such a small world) It was quite a surprise.. managed to exchange contacts and take a snapshop with them. Proceeded on to the Gloriette. The view from it was sooo good. It felt really peaceful there as well. Lucky Queen Maria Theresa... she had tea at the Gloriette all th time. We visited the royal zoo as well... apparently the oldest one in Europe. It wasn't as nice as the Singapore zoo though... but it was alright =)
Had dinner at the famous Schnitzel place. Had to walk quite a bit to get there... it was really worth it though. So cheap and good! The portions were enormous! We had to rush for a musical performance thereafter. It was an orchestra playing Mozard and Strauss pieces... a little ballet. I enjoyed the orchestra immensely... especially liked the piece with the trumpet guy haha. The ballt was disappointing though... SDC can do so much better!
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