Thanks to the Vienna Pass for the opportunity to save big euros. This pass allows one to access over sixty sights in the City for a reasonable price (two days for 71euros). Considering that the hopon hopoff bus is worth 25 euros and the admission to the SISI museum is 20 euros the savings add up very quickly.
So today was the second day on the bus and we travelled the Red Route, the one that circles around the Old Town and hits most of the big sights. We passed the Hofburg and the Museum District and alit at the City Cruise. This ninety minute boat ride provided the calm needed to slow us down. A wonderful trip that took us to the lock that enters the Danube, turned around and sailed some more.
Believe it or not the buildings in the pic are a power complex, another view of it in the pic on the right. An energy from waste plant looks really spiffy doesn't it?
Relaxed from the boat ride we then came back into the "ring" and walked to the Hofburg, a huge Palace complex that houses, amongst many other attractions, the Spanish Riding school and the Royal Apartments. The Sisi Museum is dedicated to the life of Empress Elisabeth, the wife of Franz-Joseph the great Austrian ruler of the 19th Century. The museum was crowded and hot but due to the fact we picked up audio devices the narration made up for that by being so informative. One cannot fail to be impressed by the size of these complex as well as the amount of work done to restore them after the damage suffered in WW 2.
Believe it or not the buildings in the pic are a power complex, another view of it in the pic on the right. An energy from waste plant looks really spiffy doesn't it?Relaxed from the boat ride we then came back into the "ring" and walked to the Hofburg, a huge Palace complex that houses, amongst many other attractions, the Spanish Riding school and the Royal Apartments. The Sisi Museum is dedicated to the life of Empress Elisabeth, the wife of Franz-Joseph the great Austrian ruler of the 19th Century. The museum was crowded and hot but due to the fact we picked up audio devices the narration made up for that by being so informative. One cannot fail to be impressed by the size of these complex as well as the amount of work done to restore them after the damage suffered in WW 2.
From the Hofburg it was on to the Cathedral, again getting in for nothing - thank you Vienna Pass, another audio device led us around this edifice, impressive again. This place was packed the walking tours really do take a lot of people to the same sights on the same route and this part of the City - Graben - was jammed.
Enough of the crowds and we found a table in the Cafe down the road but it was packed too.
Using the map function on the phone which told us that the hike back to the hotel
would be another 25 minutes we allowed ourselves a small reward. The pic on the left.Up early tomorrow we have a bus ride to Budapest starting at 0645 hrs.
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