Visited Vienna on Friday

- wanted to see at least one Viennese

Xmas market

 The biggest Xmas market is on City Hall Square

in the city centre

 All kinds of xmas decorations are

sold there

 Hand-painted xmas balls

 Advent settings

 Winter village

 A touch of blue

 Fairy castle in the City Hall Square Park

 Lunch at Do&Co Albertina

- delicious pumpkin soup with

pumpkin seeds and oil

There's no trip to Vienna without

having a slice of Sachertorta at Sacher's!

Wien - Vienna, The Capital Of Austria

Would anybody skip Sachertorte while in Vienna??? (Actually having a friend who prefers bitter lemon instead...) 

You can only get the original Sachertorte at Sacher - Demel also makes Sachertorte, but with their own recipe.

There are 3 choices at Sacher:

Sacher Eck

- trendy, the shop is also there

Cafe Sacher

- traditional

Sacher Rote Bar

- small, more locals

After the cake and some sparkling ready to have a little walk in Vienna - through Burggarten.

Detail of the wrought-iron guilded fence on Burgring.

Detail of the Schweizertor gate Schweizertor -the Swiss Gate- in the Hofburg palace is the most colourful surviving remnant of Renaissance Vienna.

In Vienna you cannot avoid the horses - here in the front of Hofburg at Michaelertor.

Contemporary statues on Graben.

Visited the Demel shop on Kohlmarkt 14.

Eatable?

Stephensdom on Stephensplatz in the very heart of the Innere Stadt.

Weekend in Vienna

Took the 11.10am train from Keleti Station in Budapest

to Vienna on Friday

- had a late breakfast in the train;

a cheese omelett

- stayed in the restaurant carriage all way long

- nice service & pleasant atmosphere
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From Westbahnhof took U3 metro line

to Herrengasse

- just next to the hotel where'd booked a room,

Steigenberger Hotel Herrenhof

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Among the shopping spree

had a break at Sacher Stube

with the traditional piece of Sacher cake

& a whole pot of tea

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. Horse stalls in the city center!
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Imperial Court Palace

Imperial Court Palace in Innsbruck

Built as residence of the Tyrolean provincial rulers under

Archduke Sigmund the Rich and

extended under Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519).

Maria Theresa (1717-1780) rebuilt the Palace

in the late Viennese baroque style

and called it her "little Schönbrunn of the Alps".

During the 19th century the interior was adapted

in the style of the time.

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Now only the State Rooms were for public,

the Private Rooms were under renovation.

- what a pity!

- but the 4 state rooms were beautiful,

unfortunately it wasn't allowed to take photos there

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There was also Mountains, A Mysterious Passion exhibition there

- it's about the mountains & mountain climbing

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Including also some interesting paintings of the mountains

. . Cyanometer, 1944
- the darker the blue,
the cleaner the air
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Learnt also that a drug called Pervitin was allowed,
because it gave a person the strenght
to go all away up to 8.000m!!!
- in 1950s doping was not considered a problem
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Cafe Sacher was in the same building,
so visited there as well

Some cakes on display
. A piece of the famous cake
. Austrian cafe style
. Concidering the wall,

lots of famous people have visited Cafe Sacher

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A day in Vienna

Went to Vienna on Midsummer Day

to accompanied a friend

for shopping a cocktail dress
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Suddenly a chilly & rainy day!

Had to wear a trenchcoat

in the midsummer

in the middle of Europe,

never happened before

during my 12 years living here.

Unbeliveable!

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Had a nice day despite the weather!

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Lunch at Danieli
.

Delicious tomato soup with mozzarella
.

Ristorante Osteria Pescaria

Danieli

Himmelpfortgasse 3

Wien 1

http://www.danieli.at/

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Naturally had an afternoon tea

with a slice of Sacher

at Sacher Bistro
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Before leaving Vienna

bought some flowers for home

.

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Bought also a box of macaroons,
"laakrone",
at Oberlaa
. Ate them all,

just an empty box left...

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Kurkonditorei Oberlaa

Neuer Markt 16

1010 Wien

Lunch at Palmenhaus

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Saturday lunch at Palmenhaus

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Grilled fillet of tuna with salad

with a glass of local white wine

Grüner Veltlinger Nussberg 2007

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The tuna was grilled exactly the right time

-pink inside, almost raw

- excellent choice!

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Huge portion of salad

- too huge actually, 1/3 would have been enough

- a bit too much oil dressing

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The beautiful conservatory was built between 1901-1907

design by Jugendstil architect Friedrich Ohman

.

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Cafe Restaurant Palmenhaus

Burggarten

1010 Vienna

http://www.palmenhaus.at/

Cuisine: Mediterran, Austrian

- kid-friendly

Rating: 3/5

- good food, good service, easy to come in, relaxed atmosphere

- not a cosy place, might be different in the evenings

...

Never skipped the Sacher in Vienna!

So after walking and shopping went for a tea and a piece of Sacher cake at Sacher Stube.

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Hotel Sacher

Philharmonikerstrasse 4

1010 Vienna

Lunch at Limes in Vienna

Had late lunch at Limes

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Tom kah gai - very tasty soup with chicken and shrimps, coconut milk & chili

Pike-perch

- grilled with Mediterranean vegetables and straw potatoes

- a bit too big portion, but delicious

Nice place

Good service & atmosphere

"An Austrian cuisine with Mediterranean impact"

- as they say themselves

Cafe Restaurant Limes

Hoher Markt 10

1010 Wien

www.restaurant-limes.at

Afterwards went to Sacher Stube for a cup of tea and a piece of Sacher-Torte...