Vienna

Vienna is an Austrian city of 1.75 million people and the name itself conjure up visions of waltzes and operettas and wonderful composers performing their musical creations.  In reality it is a real melting pot of a cosmopolitan population including Hungarians, Germans, Czechs, Poles, Slovaks, Spaniards, Flemings and Italians.  Within the old part of the city are many magnificent old buildings and many wonderful pedestrian only areas.

As this was a return visit for us I decided to do something a little different and try out some dental tourism.  Situated in a beautiful building and decorated with candles and flowers and cut glass lights it was the first time I have ever been offered an alcoholic drink at any type of doctors when we were offered lemoncello on arrival. Though I declined it I did hope it was not the anaesthetic.  I left the office minus a wisdom tooth which had been causing me issues for a couple of weeks.  I am happy to say that the tooth fairy comes tomVienna and she pays in Euros over here!

While in Vienna we had a wonderful meal at a lovely restaurant with Steve and Tina and then went to a an evening of classical music and dance.  We were lucky enough to score front row seats and it was a magical performance. Though our visit was short it was mostly enjoyable.

Enjoying schnitzel with our guide Raul.  Well not me as I was not allowed to eat for six hours

Wonderful statues on the tops of buildings.  One always has to look up

Doorways are also picturesque 

So many phot opportunities 

Walking along the pedestrian square

Front of the mani cathedral 

Colourful window displays 

Instead of window shopping we were building shopping 

Wonderful flower shops





Old architecture right next to the new. Quite a contrast



The opera hall where we enjoyed our concert



Strange to see cigarette machines along the streets. Europeans certainly have not got unto the no smoking band wagon


The tiles on the cathedral roof were beautiful in the sunlight.  Was hard to get a descent picture of the cathedral because unfortunately they have advertisements on several places on it which are very large.  I suppose it is a way to make money but somehow an ad for an airline just does not fit on a church.



Inside the cathedral 



This statue was on a building on a little side street. They are everywhere. It is like an outside museum 



When in Vienna one has to try a piece of Sacher torte 



Some tourists posing in front of the gold statue of Strauss



A drink of wine before dinner. How civilized 


Conclusion to a wonderful evening