Vienna as in not the sausage

So, as we left early from Bratislava to get Vienna by the evening, we lucky enough got into town in time to see a brilliant sunset.  There was a contingent that went to town as soon as we arrived, as I assume they were looking forward to getting to Vienna as much as we were.  Kathy and I stayed and enjoyed the evening with our new friends on the ship and got ready for the next day.

The next day started for us with a quick bus trip to see some of the highlights in a quick glance as we quickly whizzed by in a bus, kind of funny.  Our first guide was very funny and he went through the different views of the city's history. After about 45 minutes of this, we stopped at the famous Saint Peter Square.  Just so you do not miss out on any of the details when you go there, I will not spoil the details they told us about.  So much to see in the architecture!

We then walked around the town and learned about the different historical buildings, the music traditions and the government structure.  Quite a show our guide put on.  We then had a few hours to explore and have lunch on our own.  Being simple folks (most others went to some restaurants and two couple actually went back to the ship for lunch) we found a cafe and sat in the shade with our lunch and coffee.   It was a very hot day so we kept to the shaded parts of the streets and just wandered.  We found so many neat buildings that are not pictured here, so you will have to come over and see the rest.

 But after a few hours we caught with the tour and went to see the Schonbrunn Palace, where  the peak heat of the day met with a tour of a large building without any breezes.  It was pretty nice, but we really were stuck with the tour and I we would of liked to look at the gardens instead of the rooms where people ate their meals and crap like that.  Funny enough it was the only day that was warm on the trip.  Little did we know that the rest of the trip was going to be cold and raining.  

As the tour ended before we passed out, we jumped on a bus that took us back to the ship where we met our fellow travelers.  The night was fun with the ships crew entertaining us by wearing Mozart wigs and having fun with that.