Vienna was fun! We got there, exhausted after 4 flights that started for me om Friday at 6 am from Vermot, to LGA, to ORD, to FRA, where we arrived an hour late at 6 am Saturday, then spent the morning wandering around, eating frankfurters and visiting the market, the cathedral and the female impressionists exhibit. Around noon, it looked like it might start raining… we thought we could head back to the airport for our 4:30 flight… but we got distracted by Leondardskirche near the river, and then the dragon boat races… until it started pouring rain! So we RAN back to the station and dried off in the Lufthansa Senator’s Lounge before our flight.
When we arrived in Vienna Saturday evening, it was sunny and warm. We walked to our hotel, which was at the Stadtpark, and noticed the GenussFestival going on and decided to come back after a shower and nap to check it out. We made it back in time to sample deer sausage and beer, and then some apricot spritzer and cake. Wandered around the central area and ended up at Traumland.
Sunday we went back to the GenussFestival for breakfast, walked over to Prater Park to ride the rollercoaster and ferris wheel, then met Johannes and his friends at (gasp) Starbucks, and finally ended up at the Weinerberger lake for a swim in the sunshine! Made to our Florence flight with plenty of time to spare, but just as we were about to board a big thunderstorm rolled in and delayed us by 2 hours. But, it was all worth it — they served foie gras on the flight!
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