To our relief it rained, and a refreshing wind blew the heat away. After being unceremoniously dumped by the bus driver, we decided to go for a ride on the UBahn instead.  The U1 line has several stations on the islands, and crosses some of the Danube bridges; you can see quite a lot without […]

Yesterday I fulfilled a long held dream, one held by every little girl who loves ponies.  I left Ian behind and headed to the glorious Spanish Riding School, to see the Lippizzaner stallions.  In summer, most of the horses are turned out for a well earned break, but some of the young stallions are still […]

Just a few snaps from our evening sightseeing tour last night.  Will update today’s events tomorrow – still got one more route to cover on the bus tonight before bed. Music is everywhere – Strauss, Mozart, Beethoven. Even the subway buskers sing opera!

Day 3 – time to quit lazing around. Our favourite thing to do in a new city (well OK we did come here over 25 years ago on a Contiki tour) is to buy a transport pass, and ride the rails.  Having deemed it too hot for anything more than short strolls, we opted for […]

You can do a lot in 24 hours in Vienna. Or very little.  We went for option 2. The flights were unremarkable – the usual squalling toddlers (why do they all do it at 3 am, just when you’ve managed to finally fall into a fitful sleep?)  My vestibular system was very happy sitting on […]