Today was our second day in Vienna. So far, the weather has not been very good (as you can see in the photos). We went to four main places today: Schloss Schonbrunn, Aida Cafe, the Naschmarkt and then a pub/cafe for dinner.
Schloss Schönbrunn is a beautiful palace that the Hofburg family also lived at. Inside the palace we again saw some of the royal rooms. My favourite was the dining room because: 1. of the silk hanging on the wall like wall paper, 2. the table was huge and it had beautiful flowers on it, and 3. to look around this room and to imagine having dinner there was like magic!! The gardens were also huge and we had a bit of a walk around even though it was raining. We didn't stay long though.
We caught the U-bahn back into Vienna and found a cafe near the train station. It was called Aida and they had even more cakes than the cafe from yesterday if you could believe it! This time mum chose the cake and she chose chestnut mousse cake with whipped cream which sounded disgusting but was actually OK. It was then time for rest time and mum went out to the shops, dad watched the football and the kids all rested!
After rest time, we walked up some streets and found a really interesting market called Naschmarkt, or 'snack market'. People were selling heaps of fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, fish and spices but my favourite thing to see were all the lollies in the jars! Daddy bought some chewy nougat and it was really sweet but good. At the end of the market was another market. Dad said we wouldn't go into that market because it was where people came to sell their rubbish (but dad used a different word). He called it a flea market which sounded weird!
Then we went walking for ages looking for a restaurant out of the Lonely Planet. When we found it, it was closed so we had to find somewhere else to go. We found a place that served really great food. I had a burrito and mum and dad ate schnitzel again!! After dinner, we walked home and when we walked through a park, the three children all had a big game on the grass. It was fun! When we got home, we were all tired so we went to bed.
Love Clare
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It was really yucky weather when we went to Schloss Schonbrunn
The gardens were amazing!
Mum and Dad at Schloss Schonbrunn
More cake!!
A different cafe this time
The Naschmarket - which means 'snack market'
Different types of seasonings and oils
Beer and schnitzel...Dad was happy!
The palace gardens look beautiful. What a shame about the weather. We would have enjoyed the 'snack market' too - it looks really interesting. Can't wait to hear of your next adventure. Clare, did you know that when we post our comments we have to enter certain codes to 'please prove you're not a robot' - how weird is that!
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What a pity it was raining when you went to Schonnbrunn - there were plenty of gardens to run and have fun in there.
ReplyDeleteWe see that you are keeping up with lots of scrumptious food choices; soon you won't be able to even get up on the beam or bars!
I can understand why Dad did not want to take you into the flea market - not because of fleas but there would be plenty of junk.
Keep on enjoying your holiday; look forward to the next report.
Nana and Poppy
Keep the photos of cakes coming Clare- Zan is loving it!
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