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Flying to Vienna (from Zurich)
One of the t-shirts we saw and wanted to share :-)
The River Danube: Vienna shares this river with Budapest
A sight of Vienna from the Tower
Another sight from the Tower
..and another
The impressive Schonbrunn Palace and Gardens (1) - See the notes below for more info.
Schonbrunn Palace Interior : A partial view of one of the rooms.
The ballroom
as above...
...where the imperials dined!
A view from the Palace Garden
Palace Garden and its biggest fountain
A view of the palace and its gardens from the fountain.
Resting while admiring the view. (You can tell... we couldn't stop taking pictures of the place!)
The Gloriette(2) of the palace.
Resting our tired feet and having a beer at the palace's backyard!
OK we hear you... This is the last photo from the palace.... :-)
The next night, we went to a concert by the Vienna Mozart Orchestra, in the "Golden Hall" of this building, called the "Music Verein".
Technical University of Vienna at night.. (was closeby to the Concert hall)
Vienna, a street view from the new town..
Notes on Vienna
(1)Schonbrunn Palace and Gardens: This magnificent former summer residence of the imperial family had been completed mid-18th century. The architecture has got a strict symmetry. The extensive formal gardens has got an array of fountains and statues, trees and alleyways. The gardens also contain a huge tropical Palm House with an interesting collection of exotic pants, a small zoo, a butterfly house, an orangery, and the Gloriette(2) – a large Neoclassical arcade crowns the hill behind the palace.
* Austria is synonymous with music. Did you know that Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Mahler, and Strauss were all Austrians?.
See you in Part 2 of Vienna...
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