First full day in Vienna and the big sights done

This is the biggie in Town and the crowds tell you that. It's the Schonbrunn Palace, the Summer palace of the Hapburg's. A massive complex of gardens, buildings and walkways and gazebos, even a maze. The authorities only allow so many people in the building at any one time, so although we had Vienna Pass's we still had to wait two hours to get in. To kill time we visited a couple of the gardens and the Carriage Museum. After getting in we followed the route and inspected each and every room for signs of authenticity - the place oozed it. 

Back on the bus, we were on the hopon hopoff bus, the only way to see any place on the earth in the quickest possible time. This company may be the biggest in Town but still needs to up its game. The canned commentary was not as good as could be and lacked a lot of detail about the buildings as we passed.

Next stop the military Museum and as such it was very good, a lot of exhibits and the Museum certainly did not hide its WW2 alliance with Germany, with a lot of WW2 exhibits. Showing its prowess off as a manufacturer of rifles this collection was complete from the first age of gunpowder. My exhibit covered we now moved onto the next big Palace complex the Belvedere.

This complex has two palaces separated by acres  of gardens and fountains. The pic shows the Upper Belvedare fronted by a fountain at least 500 metres in front of it. The lower palace is as far away to the rear. An amazing setup, one can just imagine the hordes of gardeners needs in the 17th Century to maintain it. Built for Prince Eugene of Savoy it has been declared a UNESCO site.

Back on the bus and to the hotel, problem is that's another 17 minute walk. With the walk taken to find a supper place we put in over 18,000 steps. No wonder we are going to bed early tonight, besides the TV has no English channels so what do we need to stay up for?