Today really was the last day of the Rick Steves tour since the tour ended the next day after breakfast. We left hotel at 8:45am, walked to the Opera House and toured it with our local guide, Wolfgang. His English was a bit hard to understand sometimes but he really is a funny guy. After the Opera House, we toured the Hofburg Imperial Apartments and the Treasury together. The tour ended inside Hofburg Treasury around 1pm so I got to see the Treasury slowly by myself later. It is amazing!
1. Take a quick walk around the hotel in the morning before group meets. This is St. Stephen's Cathedral right in front of our hotel.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46023734HTIsQ7YP.jpg)
2. St. Stephen's Cathedral.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46023746muxCUQ91.jpg)
3. St. Stephen's Cathedral.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46023761cqFSttk5.jpg)
4. St. Stephen's Cathedral.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46023779JTrdjJgi.jpg)
5. St. Peter's Church.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46023793vBia1vT8.jpg)
6.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46023825zezIBwL4.jpg)
7. Michaelerplatz.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46023838XP0WVKxV.jpg)
8. Come back to the hotel to meet the group.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46023850GRJLB9dI.jpg)
9. Vienna State Opera. We were the first group to enter. That was nice.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb460238942Gn3PqxS.jpg)
10. Vienna State Opera.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46023908cRN53pDh.jpg)
11. Vienna State Opera.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46023924i7AD4jXW.jpg)
12. Vienna State Opera.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46023939IDu1hJFU.jpg)
13. Vienna State Opera.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46023950bJUpjW8c.jpg)
14. Vienna State Opera.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46023959xN6u8zOk.jpg)
15. Vienna State Opera.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46023970WlfGVsKs.jpg)
16. Vienna State Opera.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46023981lC8TKztL.jpg)
17. While walking to Hofburg Imperial Apartments, we happened to see some kind of diplomatic ceremony below the Presidential apartments (3rd floor on the left building).
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46024009Jl77uzQI.jpg)
18.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46024024gNne7rPu.jpg)
19. The same square again later. Presidential apartments are on the 3rd floor on the left building.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46024038i57mujeY.jpg)
20. Hofburg Treasury.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46024155ND6K89NU.jpg)
21. Hofburg Treasury. This Coronation Mantle is made in 1133/34!
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46024172eTWAVmMJ.jpg)
22. Hofburg Treasury.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46024492QZGnADKV.jpg)
After Hofburg Treasury I wandered around on my own before meeting the group at 6pm for a farewell dinner.
23. Horse-drawn carriages waiting for tourists at Michaelerplatz.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46024522fMqEu9M9.jpg)
24. Horse-drawn carriages waiting for tourists at Michaelerplatz.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb460245365VRCTzp0.jpg)
25. Vienna State Opera.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46024551neKhjY20.jpg)
26. Vienna State Opera.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46024563xgVZ3cpv.jpg)
27. Mozart Statue not far from Vienna State Opera.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46024583LMipL7ua.jpg)
28.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46024595iCmpIJ5o.jpg)
29. Franciscan Church.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46024640MxlCrNah.jpg)
30. Franciscan Church.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb460247246Un7KJ2T.jpg)
31.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46024746soVQISvG.jpg)
32. Johann Strauss II Statue at Stadtpark.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46024772kJp2OJ1z.jpg)
33. Floral Clock next to Johann Strauss II Statue.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb460248105sFmirNq.jpg)
34. Kursalon where Johann Strauss II played.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46025027E4IZ68jO.jpg)
The same Strauss and Mozart concert is played at Kursalon every night. I missed the one last night since it was sold out, so I bought a ticket for tomorrow night.
35. Our farewell dinner. The buffet was really good.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46025333qaBuPrw8.jpg)
36. We presented our tour guide, Jana, a gift (a scarf made in Austria, each of us pitched in 5 euros for it) and a home-made Thank You card at the farewell dinner.
![](/upload/album/ef/97/dd/09eb46025371i7UPsGnT.jpg)
(To be continued)
|