Fun times in Vienna!!!

Hello All, sorry once again it has been a while.  We were busy last week traveling to Vienna.  Kevin had a holiday, I think it was Ascension Day, last Thursday.  We had a lovely day at the house cleaning, packing , and preparing for our trip.  We left first thing Friday morning for Vienna.

I have to say that Vienna is a very beautiful city and it has so much history and the buildings are very unique.  We stayed at Der Wilhelmshof.  What a great location, reasonable price, nice place, and it even included breakfast.  I have included a few pics of our room; however, I didn't take a picture of the outside. 

 Ivy slept on a child's bed which was a sofa that opened up to a bed.  We turned it around so she wouldn't fall out. 

 

 

Each room is named after a historical Austrian, our room was called Johann Straus. They have a wall in the room with his picture and a saying.

 

Ivy was very excited to have discovered they had soap and a "child's sink" at her height (mom and dad, not so excited since we knew it wasn't a sink). 

 

 

Our hotel was located a short walk to the train station as well as to the Famous Ferris Wheel, Wiener Reisenrad at the Prater.  We didn't go on the Ferris wheel because it was a 20 minute ride that moved incredibly slow and it went around one time.  However, the rest of the park was enormous.  It put a place like Trimpers on the Boardwalk to shame.  Ivy loved the carousel and by the end of the first night she was riding it all by herself.

 

 

  Here are a few other videos of her on other rides she braved the last night we were in town. Please excuse the quality of these videos.  I really wanted to share them but the files were too big.  I had to compact them in my movie maker and it ruined the quality.  You still get the idea, but her face is cute on the auto ride even though you really can't see it well, so I apologize for that!!

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday we walked around the town and did some exploring.  First we went to the center and walked through the market.  Right next to the market was St. Stephen's Cathedral.  Like most  Europeann Cathedrals, it was beautiful.

 

 

  After that we walked down the street and ended up at the Well known Sacher Hotel and indulged in there original Sacher Torte.  Unlike  the other tourists, I did not take a pic.  If you google Sacher original Torte you will see a mouth watering  pic of a tasty treat.  I have to say, I wasn't all that impressed.   

 

After a massive sugar high, Ivy took a nap right as we found the Imperial treasury in the museum corridor.  The museum corridor was originally a palace.  I wasn't allowed to take pics inside but this was worth seeing if you ever visit Vienna.  Near the end of the gallery there was a particular section that caught my attention and was the most valuable item in the world assuming its real.  Not that I don't believe a museum.  On display they had a small 2 inch by 2 inch piece of the table cloth from the last supper, about the same size piece of Jesus's Loin cloth, a tooth from John the Baptist, and a piece of wood from Jesus's manger.  Their were a few other things but those are the ones I remember. Since I couldn't take any pictures here are few of the palace. 

 

The rest of the day we walked around the city and ended up at a play ground or Spielplatz. Ivy was thrilled.  I could post more pics from the city but I want to get to the next day as it was worth seeing.  I am thinking of adding all my pics in pinterest so if you have an account you will be able to see these pics in the future, more on that later!!!

 

So Sunday, we went to Schönbrunn Palace.  You have to plan to be there the entire day!!  We bought the classic pass. That cover the palace, this ticket included the grand tour( via audio tour) of the palace, the gardens, the maze and labyrinth, and the Gloriette Panorama Terrace.  Once inside the palace pictures were not allowed. So all the pictures are taken of part of the gardens, the outside of the palace, the terrace and the maze.  I will mostly post the pics but I may add a few comments where I see fit, enjoy!!!

 

 

 

 Ivy Loved this fountain.  We call this her fountain face!!! If you ask her to do her fountain face she does this with a crazy laugh!!! 

 

You had to get through this maze to take this pic. After a bit of a challenge we made it!! 

 

I hope you enjoyed this post!!  I have a few more items to tell you and I will be posting again in the next few days. Please stop by to check out some changes in the  Sours house, along with a few recipes, and finally some exercise posts!!!