Vienna

Vienna is amazingly beautiful, and even though it was really COLD, we enjoyed our visit. Since Vienna is famous for its palaces, I'll start with our visit to Schönbrunn Palace (shown above from the back and below from the front). We were amazed at how beautiful the flowers were with how cold it was. The Palace is beautiful, and we really enjoyed our tour (especially the strudel demonstration and sample).In the gardens is a maze, which was fun, and a play area, which some of the children among us really enjoyed. In addition to the Schönbrunn Palace, we also saw the Hofburg and Belvedere Palaces but didn't have time to fully tour them.

But Vienna is just plain beautiful, even when there's not a palace in sight, and even in the rain.

Also pictured below are the Parliament building, the Rathaus (city hall) and me with a statue of Goethe. I'd love to go back to Vienna when it's sunny and warm. :)