I love Vienna in the springtime

Christmas Markets, mulled wine, hats, gloves, scarves, I love winter and I love Christmas! So, for Christmas, they went to Vienna. Vienna is divided into 23 districts with the city centre being the first quarter, and then branches out from there. We stayed in the e Ringstra β (giant circle of the road) that circles the Inner Stadt (downtown). Our hotel is in an excellent location close to everything that we wanted to see. We arrived late on Saturday, he was at the hotel, a bar and then to bed. Sunday, we started the day by walking up and down Kärntner Stra e β, and then take pictures of Stephansdom (St. Stephen’s Cathedral), Albertina, the Hofburg Imperial Palace, and eventually find their way to our first market Christmas-Weihnachtsdörfer Wiener. I was so excited! All sites were nestled in woods Naturhistorisches Museum (Natural History Museum) and the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) with a big statue of Empress Maria Theresa in the centre of the square. Each booth had a sign decorated with greenery and filled with all their goodies to buy. Of course, the first thing Koi had to do was take a cup of hot chocolate and rum:) We wandered

Through the stalls enjoying the climate before Christmas to be very, very cold, and head back to our hotel. To warm up a little, we took a ride in a team of horses and saw a little over Inner Stadt. We then stopped in the art gallery at the Albertina completely thaw and reheat. What an amazing visit. I was in. Picasso, Monet and Matisse. Crazy! A couple decided to donate their collection of art at the Albertina gallery and put it all at risk. They were the original artwork, and I could not believe that I was looking at them. There was also a modern art (70 and later), which was wonderful exhibition. Vienna is so full of fantastic art, but we could not get to everything. I can only keep Koi focuses on art for a short period of time before he gets antsy to go somewhere else. So many museums and galleries that we have admired from the outside.

Christmas Eve day we found ourselves wandering the Kärntner Stra e β this time with the shops open. For lunch, we found the Figlmüller where I received their famous Wiener Shcnitzel. Yummmy! I quite enjoyed the schnitzel. We have done our best to

The largest Christmas markets in Vienna, and the oldest-Wiener Christkindlmarkt. Koi where this time enjoyed a punsch strawberries (a hot alcoholic beverage). This market was by far my favorite. I had to buy some little trinkets to remember the market. We took some photos of Parliament on our way back. Each building has statues. Parliament was no exception. We stopped by the Hofburg, but it was already closed. In the evening, we had our first holiday meal. If someone takes a trip to Vienna we both highly recommend Eulennest. It is a small but beautiful. You do not know how he is really running on a normal basis, but for a holiday meal, it was fantastic! We heard, it is normally a wine bar. For dinner we enjoyed a bottle of wine and Austrian dishes 5-fabulous!

Christmas day we relaxed a little. We had been so walk in the cold that we decided not to be too adventurous. St Stephens Cathedral has been opened to see we had a little inside. We took a little walk, but it does not really go anywhere new. We stopped to take some pictures of

The Staatsoper (State Opera House). Christmas meal was very good but was unable to beat the previous night.