Vienna

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After Venice it was off to Austria- you can kind of see the crazy pace we've been following!!

It was another long driving day and after checking out the city center it was time for bed! After getting up early we did a walking tour of the historical sites: various palaces and statues. As well as most importantly SHOPPED! The shopping was great here, as well as in Venice... wow you'd think these euros were burning holes in our pockets- but so far so good.

You may have notice our entries are getting shorter, mainly because in some of these places we only have around 8 hours to see the whole city, so in Vienna we basically did shopping and then checked out one other major site, St. Stephens Cathedral (Der Weiner Stephensdem, or something llike that in translation). Haven't picked up much of the austrian language besides please and thank you but I guess those are the most important ones.

After shopping our group headed to the Schnaps musuem *pronounced Snaps. There was taste testing involved and it was a great time! We even purchased some stuff to bring home, yum!

Later it was off to dinner to this little restaraunt right in the middle of the forest which was a lot of fun, Herman the host was great and made all of us get up and sing our national anthems. PS the beer here is HUGE. Amanda and I each got .5 litre steins with dinner, haha. After some schnitzel and strudel there was dancing and then as usual we were beat and ready for bed. Next up was Germany...

Alright we're writing this in munich but we'll keep you posted, the tour is nearing the end and then it will be off to scotland.

Take Care!

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