Vienna - Ringstrasse

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Today in Vienna, we toured around the Ringstrasse. The Ringstrasse is a ring around the city that used to be the fortification wall but was ordered to be torn down by Emperor Franz Joseph in 1857. The walls were no longer needed and were impeding the growth of the city. The boulevard is 2.5 miles long and circles around Vienna's old town called Innere Stadt. We walked by the Imperial Palace where the Habsburg family resided and where the Spanish riding school and Lipizzaner horses reside. There was so much to see, it's hard to remember it all.

We had dinner on the ship and the crew did a Going Away Show for us. I think their talent is in running the ship and not performing but it was fun.

Sadly, it was the last day that Mary and Chandler spent with us. They headed home the next day.

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