Royal life in Vienna

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Royal life in Vienna

Not just big - impressively grand - Vienna’s palaces and churches are every bit royal in noblesse, height and history. Being used to Swiss towns where rows of nice middle-class houses clustered around one or two market places form the city centre, maybe a church or sometimes even a cathedral being the only building with some kind of grandeur, Vienna is impressive. It is the mere size of the buildings which stunned us. It might not be especially beautiful (as St. Petersburg) nor especially well situated (as Prague), but noble, royally grand.
We got a glimpse of what the royal life used to be to Franz Josef and Sissi’s times in their famous Schoenbrunn Palace a couple of kilometres outside of Vienna proper. A stunning reception hall, beautiful guest corner, richly decorated bathrooms, noble tableware, and then the highlight: Franz Josef’s private room. There is a bed hardly longer than Sissi’s hair (about 1m 50) and surely not wide enough to hold two, a wooden stool and a bucket of cold water. Get-up-time: 5 o’ clock; eating-time: twenty minutes; sex: once a year (but that is just a guess). Surely, impressive it is, but we prefer it the Swiss way…

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• Top 3:

Opera

Charles Church

Heurige
• Dissapointment:At the time of our visit the whole city seemed to be under renovation.
• Money Saver Tip:There are last minute tickets for the opera available for students. We paid 11 Euro instead of 127 for a top seat! If you don't mind standing you can get a ticket for 2 Euro in the back.
• Costs for a meal: 8-14 Euro





Planet Pictures

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Photos

Vienna's Opera
Take your best shirt out of the backpack and take in the atmosphere in Vienna's magnificient opera house.

Charles Church
One of the nicest churches in Vienna and one of the few without scaffolding. There is a lift inside which takes you as high as the (painted) heaven.

Heurige
Have some cheese and bread with a glass or two of this years wine (Heurige) in Grinzing.

The big wheel at the Prater
Not for those with acrophobia.

Comments

[NePe]

Just great
We admired already your reports in German and are now also fascinated by your stories in English. Your photographs are very impressive. You open a completely new world to us. We are looking forward to many more pictures and stories. Have a great New Year. Nepe