Finally Vienna

At the end of our holiday about 6 weeks ago we stopped off in Vienna for 3 nights.  The weather continued to be cold and wet and it snowed, sleeted or rained with heavy wind for most of the time.  We still looked about covered in multiple jackets and beanies and gloves and raincoats etc.  We went and watched the Lipizzaner horses at the Spanish riding school do some training which was interesting, especially the little dance they do when standing still. 

We also visited the Natural History museum which was excellent and warm and provided a good day trip.  They have the most amazing and comprehensive collection of creatures and rocks and fossils etc from all over the world.

We also visited the Schönbrunn Palace which is where lots of important Austro-Hungarian snobs lived for years.

By the time we got to Austria we were completely sick of dumplings and pork and sauerkraut, so luckily down the road from our hotel we found a really nice Sushi restaurant run by Asians that provided us finally with something else to eat – brilliant.

White Lipizzaner Horseys going to practice

 

A cool fossil full of crystals

A genuine Austrian Eskimo

Lots of dead butterflys

 

Hamster

Real big pretty dead butterflys

The facade of the natural history museum

Cold and wet

 

Schonbrunn palace looking at the Glorietta

 

The palace from up at the glorietta