Friday, November 27, 2015

One day in Vienna



Amazing gingerbread houses on display. Enjoyed a gingerbread log filled with fruit and marzipan.


Though we had arrived late in the afternoon the previous day, we only had 1 full day to get out and see the city. 








Queen Maria Theresea, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Croatia from 1740-1780 stood in the middle of the market at the peak of a stupendous statue. She was a ruler who loved her husband, had 16 children - whom she directed to marry for political benefits regardless of her own experience of marriage - and for whom Mozart played for at the tender age of 6, but didn't impress her when he gave her an impromptu kiss. 






Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe 






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