Anyway, some pictures from Vienna. We saw a huge amount - far too much to put up here.
This is the cathedral in the center of the city, the Stephansdom. The big tower was supposed to be one of two, but then it ended up being one of one. Right next to it but underground (not shown) they discovered an old buried church, the original purpose of which is sort of unclear.
A little bit outside of the main city is a huge graveyard. It wasn't especially old (started in the 1700s, if I'm remembering right), but it had some highlights. Like Mozart's, Beethoven's and Schubert's graves, all together - shown above. The internet actually tells me that they're not quite sure where Mozart's body was, and that this was sort of a guess. Brahms was also just off to the side. Wow.
Later that same day, we went out to Schönbrunner Schlosspark, where the Hapsburg summer palace is. We walked around the grounds, but didn't go inside. It's a big palace:
They also had their very own fake Roman ruins:
Our last night, we decided to be young and hip and so went out. There was a movie of an opera being shown by the Rathaus (town hall), and lots of food stands set up near it. It was... sort of weird. But Naomi got a great picture of the Rathaus, and we had some very tasty dessert from a stand.
Vienna was really beautiful, and for me it was fantastic to see Naomi's old childhood haunts. Plus, there are some very sensible parts of the city's lifestyle. For instance, they have something like British tea-time - except that cake is almost mandatory, and it's coffee instead of tea.
We intend to go back.
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