Vienna, Austria our last stop. It is 8 degrees, clear and sunny but a strong wind is blowing which makes it very cold. Where we are docked is unbelievably busy. We are beside another river ship and as far as you can see ahead and behind are cruise ships two and sometimes three abreast.
We head out to meet our bus tour at 9 am and there are coaches everywhere. It is going to be very busy in the city. We drive around the city for 30 to 40 minutes where different highlights were pointed out. We then have a walking tour around the castle area and shopping district. The wind is freezing and it is worse when out of the sunshine. At midday it is only 13 degrees. At 11.45 we are given free time until 12.25. Most of us just want to go back to the ship. Vienna under Emperor Franz Joseph of the Hapsburgs was transformed during the late 1800s. There are large buildings which were built as houses and are now hotels. They are beautiful buildings and it must have been a very wealthy city during that time.
The palace, no longer a “palace”, is huge and is now used for conventions. The famous Lipizzaners were stabled nearby and we saw one being groomed under heated lamps. On our way to the bus we found a cafe called Castelleto! After lunch we start packing. Cannot believe we have reached the end. We have done so much. We are off early tomorrow 7.30 but we are staying at the airport because we have a 6.30 am flight to Munich!
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