Our last day in Vienna...
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| Karlskirch |
We started at Kunsthalle Cafe for breakfast and coffee. We then went to the Karlskirch, a church dedicated to St. Charles Borromeo, that the emperor built after the plague in the 1700's. Then we walked back by the St. Stephenson Cathedral and over to Hoher Markt to see the oldest square in Vienna. In the center of the square is the Nuptial Fountain and the Anker Clock that was completed in 1914.
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| Anker Clock |
Then we decided to go back to the Julius Meinl store we dined at the previous night. They had an awesome selection of chocolate and coffee. We may have purchased our weight in coffee and chocolate... it was too hard to choose just one!
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| Upper Belvedere |
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| Upper Belvedere |
We then visited the Upper Belvedere Museum and Lower Belvedere Gardens. At the Upper Belvedere we viewed some amazing artwork housed in the former summer home of Prince Eugene. We saw Monet, Degas, Richard Gerstl (a Viennese artist), and our new favorite - Gustav Klimt. The collection was wonderful. On our way down, we walked back through the gardens. We had some slightly stale bread we decided to take to feed the ducks, however the crows caught on to what we were doing and swooped in. It was like a scene out of The Birds - it was a bit freaky!
After the Belvedere, we dined at a beer hall, Salm Brau. We had good beer, yummy food and a really nice waitress who gave us a shot of their newest distilled liquor. Then it was home to pack, finish off some wine and get some sleep so we could take the train to Budapest in the morning.
After the Belvedere, we dined at a beer hall, Salm Brau. We had good beer, yummy food and a really nice waitress who gave us a shot of their newest distilled liquor. Then it was home to pack, finish off some wine and get some sleep so we could take the train to Budapest in the morning.
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