A second look on the 2nd - Austria

Today is the day to join Bluebeard and Elizabeth for a second look at a previous post.

I looked through my posts and wanted to show you some thing I had made but couldn't decide so the Travel journal page at the bottom of the post will have to do I'm afraid! It was the first time I had tried this style and was quite easy to do on the train journeys we took.

This was part of our trip to Austria and Budapest in Autumn 2014 - we have been looking at some holiday brochures recently and thinking it would be nice to see Austria at a different time of year…not sure when yet! 

This post was from November.
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Okay, so I know I wasn't impressed at first but Sunday dawned and the sun was shining - time for an early start - a metro train to catch and palace to visit!

Schonbrun Palace - the most visited attraction in Austria we knew there would be queues - fortunately not for too long - they were very organised!                                                     The palace was beautiful and interesting! No photos inside!!

The gardens were amazing - and although we wanted to go somewhere in the afternoon we spent some time wandering around in the sunshine

I have never seen such a tame squirrel or birds, this squirrel kept going back to some children with nuts

We had a simple lunch and saw this advertised on a card on our table Kaiserschmarrn - couldn't resist - it was (apparently) Kaiser Franz Josef 1st's favourite dish

I could see why - delicious - loaded with sugar - we shared and hubby did his best to eat most of it!!

Then it was a metro ride back to the city centre.

We decided to walk to our next destination.

Past this..

Minecraft you could move yourself (I have grandchildren - I've seen their games - that's all I know! lol!)

Down the road to…

…beautiful Belvedere Palace

I wanted to see the Klimt exhibition- hubby wanted to wander outside.

What did I see? 'The Kiss' - couldn't get a photo, 

some lovely decor

some interesting faces

by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt who did these based on himself while receiving treatment for an illness - each face contorted in a different expression - fascinating!

I also took this view from a window

Hubby took some fab photos outside

Then it was a tram back into the centre again for another highlight!

The Sacha Hotel cafe!

Happy! Happy! Happy!
This is the one my Diabetic nurse said I shouldn't miss - bless her!!! She had been earlier this year and enjoyed the Sacha Torte!

From here we went for a walk, thought I'd better!!

Then it was time for something to eat and back to the hotel to pack!

------------------------------------------------------------------- There are other posts from that trip here, here, here, here, here and here

I am bit under the weather today - too much sugar yesterday probably (I never learn!!) so I am going to spend some time trying to catch up! 

Thanks for looking, Chris