Vienna was even warmer than Prague, with our final day reaching 66 F, nearly 19 C.
Over the years we’ve experienced most of Vienna’s museums and landmarks, so we decided to spend this trip outside as much as possible, taking maximum advantage of the sunny days.
We got our money’s worth out of our one-week 20-Euro transit passes. The Hilton Park is located across the street from a major transit hub, making use of our passes very convenient. U-Bahns, S-Bahns, Strassenbahns, and buses were all at our disposal.
The Vienna transit system has to be one of the best in the world. During the day, if you miss your U-Bahn, there’ll be another one in 3-4 minutes. Between that and strolling 3-4 miles a day, we covered a lot of ground.
This included the Schönnbrunn Palace grounds.
We visited the famous Naschmarkt on a quiet day and bought some Hungarian paprika to replenish our stock.
We did make an exception to our outside rule by slipping into Stephansdom for a quick visit.
We also chanced upon Palais Kinsky, the headquarters of the Institute for European Studies in the 1960s, where Kathy took a number of classes. Memories…
We walked along a portion of the Danube Canal.
We went to Prater and rode the Riesanrad (Giant Wheel), still impressive at 212 feet (64.75 meters) high.
We ate well at a variety of Austrian and Italian restaurants-Hemmers near our hotel particularly comes to mind.
On our last night in Vienna we rode Strassenbahn #38 out to Grinzing and found our way to Alter Bach-Hegel, a favorite Heuriger.
We listened to a violin-accordion duo play Johann Strauss, and dined in Viennese comfort food.
Today we returned from Vienna to Prague and are overnighting at an airport Holiday Inn. Tomorrow morning we take the hotel shuttle at an ungodly hour to catch our 7:40 am BA flight to London m, and from there onward to Philadelphia for one more overnight before flying home on Alaska.
It’s been a most enjoyable trip.
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