Burggarten Vienna

Another beautiful day, but it was pretty breezy today. While I hate wind, today I didn't mind having it cool me down from the heat. We did get out of the wind in the morning by touring the Hofburg Palace. There we saw the Imperial Silver Collection, Imperial Apartments, and Sisi Museum. More sites of how the rich dynasties lived and operated. The …

So I'm religiously updating the travel blog now, thanks to early sunset and wifi access at accommodation. I feel a little wee bit sorry for my original blog, but updating two blogs at once is a mission. I will write some for my original one too (which is mostly going to be filled with rant and leashing out whatever angry feelings I have at that …

... , not always tastefully, some might say.   After touring many of the lavish buildings in town, we headed to the Burggarten to relax, and have our tea. Many locals and tourists alike filled the garden, with hoola hoops, Frisbies, jugglers, soccer ...

... us, we weren’t the only ones enjoying chocolate for breakfast!  After our stroll, we found our way to the Burggarten, a relaxing park close to the Hofburg Palace famous for its statue of Mozart and spent the rest of the morning relaxing with ...

... Kartners Strasse, a shopping street, the Statsoper (the main opera house), the Secession Building, the Hofburg Palace and the Burggarten and its greenhouse. I went inside the palace to see the Hapsburg crown jewels. They also had ceremonial items from ...

... and music and food....otherwise avoid. In short....l loved it!   Getting off the tram, we walked through a lovely Burggarten park towards the Hofburg (Imperial Palace). The seat of Austrian power for over 6 centuries, the various buildings range ...

... it's always cool to explore the city and find interesting places (or just marvel at Stephansdom). After walking through the Burggarten (palace park) and walking out in front of the Hofburg (imperial palace), we noticed some purple light and green lasers ...

... have old bones and organs down there apparently. Then we left and had chicken rolls and fruit for lunch in the Burggarten outside the Völkerkunde museam before spotting an Australian pub! We went in and it was a really small pub with a few ...

... like bumbling tourists, but hey, at that point we were.  Finally, an older gentleman walked us to the entrance of the Burggarten, where we were headed.  With my poor German and no English on his part, we managed to have a conversation about ...

... and watched some break dancers absolutely talented guys, they got quite a crowd. We left the Stephenplatz and headed to the Burggarten, this is where there is a beautiful commemorative statue of Mozart, we have photos to share with you. Exhausted ...

... in the colonnade out front. Quite incongruous to see Mozart smoking a cigarette and eating a slice of pizza. Walked around the Oper to Burggarten and then around the Neue Burg to the Museum. Normally 18E entry but I must have come on a special day as ...

... Karl's Church was. The platz was beautiful as well, with a fountain the centre and people resting everywhere just like at Burggarten. There was also a music group practising there, we thought they looked like gypsies (and probably are), which gave a nice ...