The Hills are alive......with the Sound of Music...
Thats right, today we moved to Austrai. Mom tells me that this morning she was yelling at me, and I didnt wake up, so she finally had to shake my leg to get any type of response (which Im sure was sluggish at best).
After quickly getting ready, and gathering our things, we headed off to the bus station, for our bus to Vienna. I know what youre thinking: Why didnt you take the train? Well Ill tell you! It was twice as expensive, and took 15 min longer- you figure that one out. Thankfully, the bus wasnt very full and mom and I both managed to get two seats, allowing us to lie out and get some more sleep. I should tell you that the scenery was beautiful (mom tells me it was), but again, I was dead asleep. Mom had to shake me awake at the rest stop, and once we reached Vienna. Apparently I was tired.
Getting to Vienna, we took a subway and got directions from a very amusing Austrian man. He told us to take the subway one more stop, and then its a two minute walk to the Marriott. Not wanting to pay for more subway fare, mom said we could walk it, and his reaction was: 'But it`s raining!' Asking how far awaz it was, he said 'If you walk really really slowly, maybe ten minutes.' Getting outside, mom turns to me and says 'You just told us it was raining?-Why would we walk really really slowly???´ It is now an ongoing joke.
Getting to the Marriott, we checked in, and got ready for our tour. We reaced to the Opera house, for the start, and saw many of the main attractions: Belvedere Palace, University, Hofburg Palace and more. We then had a guided tour of Schonnburn Palace, the summer residence of the Emperor (I´m sorry if I´m not spelling these right, but it´s hard to remember the German spellings, they´re all a little off to me). On our own, we also visited St. Stephansdom and the Stephansplaty before going back to the Marriott. Once back, we quickly had dinner at the executive lounge, changed and headed to the Vienna Opera.
Arriving at the Opera House, mom and I bought standing room tickets only, which I think is classic. The opera we saw was Folthsaf, a comedy. The building (this part is obviously for dad) was huge! We have pictures, but not that many because the camera died part way through, don´t worrk, I took a panoramic before it died. We then got back to the hotel, and went to bed shortly after.
What an amazing day!
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Good afternoon Ladies,
ReplyDeleteSo, could you just hear Julie Andrews as you arrived in Austria? How stereotypical is that? I'm surprised you could sleep with all that singing!
Glad to hear things are going well. Have you been meeting any interesting people? How was the opera? What are the sights like? what's your weather like?
Love the pictures, can't wait to see more!
Love you, Dad