We arrived in Vienna Friday, December 30 and checked into our apartment to rent and then we were off to see the city...
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| Saint Stephen's Cathedral |
For more information on Saint Stephen's Cathedral, you can click
here. We'll see some more pictures of this beautiful church later.:)
After lunch, we were off to the Hofburg palace. Home of many Hapsburg rulers and some of the most famous:
Maria Theresia and
Franz Josef and the
Empress Elizabeth.:)
We weren't allowed to take any pictures in the Imperial apartments, (which were spectacular by the way) so I think I went a little crazy with so many pictures of all the serving ware. I really could not believe the amount and the sheer cost of all the serving ware for this palace and the royal family!!!
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| Elizabeth walking up the steps to the Imperial Apartments:) |
Elizabeth was quite excited that one of the famous Empresses was named Elizabeth. Empress Elizabeth was the wife of Franz Josef I of Austria. You can read more about the Empress Elizabeth
here. The palace has spectacular exhibits of the apartments the emperors lived in. The kids loved the audio guided tours.
After a day of sightseeing it was time to go for dinner and an early night's sleep. Sleeping on the train wreaks havoc on this 40 year old body!:)LOL!:)
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