Austria/Hungary/Czech - 26May - 03June 2008 - Part2

A day in Vienna.......

Yummy gelato.....it costs around 2.50Euro for 3scoops....Karntner strasse/Roten turm strape- the shopping street - this road is adjacent to Staatsoper - Opera House...so you can't miss the road......try the cookies and cream flavour...

Name of shop : as seen in picture Zanoni & Zanoni... I saw a couple of shops with the same name.....but there was nobody in that shop....so i was just wondering if they are the same shop....

St Stephen's Cathedral....

It is one of the most famous Viennese sights and was built in 1147 AD. For a long time it was uncontested as highest building in Europe measuring almost 137 m.

Hofburg Palace.....

The Hofburg was originally a medieeval cstle, but today only the castle chapel remembers of its medieval past. The Hofburg was extended to a magfinicent residence when the Habsburg's power increased.

Mozart Garden (Part of Hofburg Palace)

City Town Hall.....







Anchor Clock
The Anchor Clock was built between 1911 and 1917 after the plans of the painter Franz von Matsch. It is situated on the oldest square of Vienna and represents a typical Art Nouveau design.

Graben Strabe

a nostalgia medieval street....

The Peterskirche was built in 792 and is together with the Ruprechtskiche among the oldest churches in Vienna. In 1701 it was pulled down and in the following 30 years it has been rebuilt by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. The church is an adaption to the Petersdom in Rome.

Parliament.....

Mozart House where he lived when he was an adult in (Domgasse 5) Entrance fee at $E9. Didn't go in as I wanted to go to the museum in Salzburg where he was born...Apparently the difference between these museums are this Museum talks about his life as an adult...

We stayed in Wombat Hostel located in Mariahilferstrabe....which was located at Metro Westabahnhof located 2/3 metro stops from centre of the town....very clean hostel with very clean beds at 23Euro quad sharing room...
Single Metro costs $E1.70. 24 hr @ $E5.70. But so far I haven't seen any inspector checking tickets yet....