What An Incredible City!

Think we may have said before in another city, that you can only brush the surface in a week or a month and that is SO Very True of Vienna.  A mix of old and new surviving together. So much history, including the origin of the Wiener Schnitzel and (apparently) the best apple strudel.  And where do you think the name “wiener” for hot dog came from?  Something for Everyone.  But, if you are an architecture, music and/or museum fan, THIS is the city to be in.  We’ll identify a few here, but more can be seen below in the thumbnails.

On Saturday mornings, a band (ages 19 -99) marches through the streets ending up in one of the squares and plays for about a half an hour.  We videoed the parade, but the learning curve with the new camera isn’t something you want to see.

Roman influence is everywhere, including actual walls of the old Roman Empire that they have preserved in the middle of a square in this massive city.

The Kunsthistorisches Museum

The Rathaus/City Hall

The Volkstheater

The Votiv Kirche/Church

Before dinner, we headed towards the Rathaus, where there is a Saturday evening free concert.  Just a few blocks into our walk, we hear a parade a couple of blocks away.  Heading towards the sound and the crowds we find a huge “rainbow” parade……floats on huge trucks (18 wheelers), lots of dancing and colorful people.  This is when we really needed our video, though doubt we could put any clips on this family show.  Unfortunately, the rain that had been promised all day, decided to make an appearance and rain out our concert.  We headed to an indoor restaurant to dodge the downpour.

Hope to see you tomorrow.