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5 Oct 2010
Awoke fresh for our second day in Vienna. First we were headed to the Vienna Naschmarkt. A popular market that has existed since the 16th century. Then, we went on to visit Schloss Schönbrunn (Schönbrunn Palace), the summer residence of the empire.
Pilgramgasse station to get to the main market
We got out at Kettenbrückengasse U-bahn station
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From Kettenbrückengasse we walked down the Naschmarkt towards Karlsplatz
The Wiener Naschmarkt
Sweet stuff
Turkish Doner for breakfast
€ 2.40 Lamb doner in bread
The Vienna Secession, Union of Austrain Artists
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We took the U-bahn from Karlsplatz to the Schönbrunn station where the palace is. Schönbrunn Palace a summer palace and UNESCO World Heritage site. It consists of 1400 rooms and was originally a mansion constructed in 1548CE. The grounds of the large gardens houses the world oldest zoo.
The main gates of Schloss Schönbrunn, Schönbrunn means beautiful spring.
The palace through the main gates
First up we visited the rooms in the palace, elaborately decorated with chandeliers, portraits and wallpaper.
The Great Hall
Another room, lots of red
Back outside, horse carriages. I must say the horses get smaller as our trip progresses. They seem bigger closer to Bavaria.
The grounds of the nice gardens with the Schönbrunn Palace Garden Gloriette, the last building built in garden in 1775 CE, at the back on a hill.
Double headed eagle.
The court bakery to watch the apple strudel show is a vaulted cellar beneath the Café-Restaurant Residenz. Apple strudel actually came from the Ottomans.
The setup of the bakery.
Our strudel (larger version), about €8.40 with coffee and the show, which runs at almost every hour.
The filling: butter-breadcrumbs, cinnamon sugar, raisins, lemon juice, peeled sour apples, and a shot of rum!
The pâtissier, fluent in English and German, who will be demonstrating the apfelstrudel making process.
Stretching the dough is an important step; you could stretch it with your elbows underneath the dough, or...
... flipping the dough up in the air!
Voilà! The stretched dough should be thin enough to read through.
Done with the show, we headed to the Gloriette in the garden. A photo stop behind the fountain.
Schönbrunn from behind the Neptune Fountain.
Gloriette with pond in front.
The Schönbrunn Palace from the hill where the Gloriette is.
A statue near the staircase of the Gloriette.
A closer look at the Gloriette ceiling.
The Schönbrunn Irrgarten and Labyrinth. €2.90 to admit one adult. We went to try out the maze, puzzles, musical platforms, etc. in the compound. Try not to get lost in the maze!
Completed the tour at the summer palace, we headed back to Zieglergasse station to visit the Furniture Depot nearby.
Furniture Depot Museum.
Lots of furniture.
Empress Sisi (Elisabeth of Austria, 1837-1898), famous as a non-conformist, is a feature at most imperial exhibitions in Vienna
More furniture. There is so much furniture it started to get boring.
Red pineapple motif on a chair, commonly used in the palaces for wallpaper and seating
We chanced upon a napkin folding exhibition. Here is an illustration of folding curves on napkin
Folded napkins were used as decorative purposes fo imperial dining
Double headed eagle, the Coat of Arms of Austria
Some kind of bird
An elaborate room setup with Coat of Arms near the ceiling
Leaving the furniture depot, we went in search of a pub near Stephansplatz for dinner
The pub was in the basement
Dinner! We chatted with someone and learned that this is the season for Sturm, a sweet wine that is short-fermented. Next we walked around Stephansplatz.
St. Stephan's Cathedral (Stephansdom), the tallest church in Austria
Inside St. Stephen's Cathedral
The Stephansplatz near the Dom
The Pestsäule (plague column), a monument that serves as a memorial of the plague in Vienna in 1679 CE. Inaugurated in 1693 CE.
We hung around this nearby cafe for a taste of Sturm
Sturm, shortly fermented wine, very sweet, only available in October
The day sums up our time in Vienna and the Bohemian part of our trip. Tomorrow we will be hopping on a long train ride to Venice through the Simmering Pass, a stretch of the tracks that is a UNESCO world heritage site. It is the end of beer and the beginning of wine.
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