Day 7 - Vienna

We took a cab into central Vienna, a half-hour ride from our dock. It was Saturday, and the plazas were thronged with tourists (many from the Viking ships on tours we elected not to join). We walked around the main attractions, the Schönbrunn Palace being the grandest. We had a nice chat with a young man from Kosovo who was trying to sell us opera tickets outside the opera house. He has lived in Vienna for ten years even though he says it is expensive and hard to get by. There was way too much to take in over the few hours we had before needing to return to the ship. I was surprised by how much of the retail space around the major attractions not devoted to cafes abounded with high end consumer goods like jewelry, watches, and clothing.

We ended up calling an Uber using the Starbucks WiFi.

Unfortunately I have gotten a cold and was feeling poorly, so I did not join Anne on the e-bike ride into the countryside. She enjoyed it while I slept.

I have only a few photos from Vienna, two of a part of the Schönbrunn Palace and one of a wing of St. Steven’s Cathedral under scaffolding.