Vienna

Unfortunately, when we awoke this morning it was raining, again. That meant that our tour around the City was disrupted somewhat as seeing the sights was not very easy through the rain spattered windows. Never the less we did see some really Grand buildings and quite a few nice statues. We eventually got out of the bus and had a walking tour around one area of the City, (there are apparently 22 areas of the city), one could say the busiest part of the City really. We battled numerous other tour groups, all with our umbrellas, as we sought to keep up with our guides, and that wasn’t easy. The rain had eased off a little so we were able to see some of the buildings ‘in the flesh’ and they certainly are lovely. The Opera House and the nearby St Stephen’s Church were sights not to be missed. We had hoped to see the Lipizzaner Stallions but they were safely tucked away in their stalls and out of the rain today.  Most of these horses/stallions are white and they apparently perform similarly to the Andalusian Horses back on OZ.  Rain has continued during the day, so we have stayed on the boat for the afternoon. We are off to the Royal Waltz Concert in one of Vienna's Famous Concert Halls tonight after dinner. We are to see some ‘elegant ballet dancers and hear some Opera singers present famous tunes of Vienna’, so we are looking forward to that experience.  It will be something totally different for us.

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