Monday, December 28, 2015

Day 11: train to Vienna

Today we took the train to Vienna.  Everything is so green except the trees, I wonder how different it would be if this was a typical winter in this area.


After arriving at our hotel which is right next to the palace and oh what a palace it is.  The grounds are huge.  It even houses the oldest zoo in the world.


So first stop was a palace tour.  This time instead of kings it was all about Emperors.  I guess the emperors of Hungry before Austria and Hungary split.  A lot of different ornate rooms.  This picture is actually cut out wood pieces i layer to look tile like.


One interesting feature is at least each large palace has to have its oriental themed room.  With the bonzi tree drawings and things.

After the palace we toured the stage coach museum.  There were day coaches and formal coaches and sleighs.


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