Day 17 Wien (Vienna)

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Tuesday (Temp. -2deg. Overcast)

Lovely breakfast room, pink tablecloths (& pink decorations on Christmas tree in lobby!) Rugged up in 5 layers including thermals. Walked along MariahilferStrasse, main shopping street to old city & beautiful buildings. Vienna is the most beautiful city we've seen. Snow all over ground in old city, people very normal. Bought a bust of Mozart. Too cold to really appreciate buildings, tagged along behind a few tour groups (lots of them!). Saw horse drawn buggies. Snowed very lightly on us. Went into St Stephen's Cathedral and christkindlmarkt at old town hall. Didn't stay out long, too cold! Back to hotel at 12:45pm, had a coffee & beer at bar to thaw out. Went to supermarket to stock up for today & tomorrow (Christmas day). We were given a brochure for concerts tonight & tomorrow but don't know if we'll brave it yet.

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Photos

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Inside St Stephen's Cathedral

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Big advent wreath

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Street scene

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Hofburg Palace

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In the snow

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Our Christmas feast.