Showing posts with label Vienna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vienna. Show all posts

Vienna

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Stephansdom (St Stephen's Cathedral) in Stephansplatz in the centre of Vienna. Apparently always under repair









Jesuitenkirche (1627)





Statue of Mozart at Burggarten





Kunsthistorisches (Fine Arts) Museum - the Naturhistorisches (Natural History Museum) is the same size faces the Fine Arts museum.








Neue Berg - one portion of the Hofburg (houses the Nationalbibliothek - National Library)
From the balcony in the centre Hitler gave his triumphal declaration of Austria's incorporation in the Third Reich.





Parlament (Parliament)





Rathaus (Town Hall)



Vienna is the city of ice cream. I am sure there are more ice cream shops and people eating ice cream in Vienna than there is in all of Italy - the home of the gelato!!



View from back of Belvedere (Oberes Belvedere & Osterreichische Galerie - Austrian Gallery)







View from front of Belvedere





Schloss Schönbrunn (Schönbrunn Palace)



Gloriette (at Schönbrunn)






View of Schönbrunn from Gloriette





Summernight Concert Schönbrunn. While we were at the palace the Weiner Philharmonic Orchestra was rehearsing for a series of free summer night concerts. I thought they were pretty good - although the conductor reprimanded them every 2 minutes, so maybe they have a bit more to rehearse!



Sachertorte at Cafe Sacher Wien/Sacher Hotel



At the Opera - Eugene (Yevgény) Onégin by Tchaikovsky (definitely felt like pretty woman! so captivated!!! love/romance/tragedy/deception AND the dude in our box yelled out "bravo" - everything an opera should be)



100ml glass of champers - 6 euro ($12) each thank you very much!

Vienna - funny things

I don't think I need to say anything about this one



No kangaroos in Austria






Fish and Chips from Burger King (Hungry Jacks)



There is a whole series of these images - they have heaps of others for the elderly and disabled!



I don't even know what this means!! I'm pretty sure the child is pulling away from the adult.
No bikes or kidnapping small children???



The horses have ear hats



Petrol Station