July 13 - 17, 2013 @ Vienna, Austria



Sunflower field


K and T Boardinghouse


Wiener Schnitzel @ Neubaugasse 52


Mariahilfer Kirche


Art work @ MuseumsQuartier


Beach @ MuseumsQuartier


Hangout area @ MuseumsQuartier


Kunst Halle


Kunsthistorisches Museum


AKA Museum of Art History


Maria-Theresien-Platz


Beautiful day


Heldentor


Hofburg Palace


Cute babies craft




Icy


Hofburg Palace


Graben


St. Peter


Pestsaule


Stephansdom AKA St. Stephen*s Cathedral


Patchwork of architectural styles predominantly Gothic


Impressive interior


Reflection off the somewhat stinging water



Rear of Stephansdom


Swimming pool in the river


What is the long line for?


Del Lindenkeller, more than 570 years


Original Tafelspitz


Boiled beef in broth


Stephansdom @ night


Graben @ night


Hofburg Palace @ night


Exactly what one would expect in Vienna


Dom


National Library @ night


Special light effect


Mini ping pong


Academy of Fine Arts Vienna


Musikverein


Karlskirhe


Interior of Karlskirhe



Techn. Universitat


Hanging out like the locals


Mexican brunch


Another sunny day



Parliament



They make good use of outdoor venue in the summer


Rathaus


Solar powered meter


Iglesia Votiva


No beach no problem


Icy & Me


Complimentary bike


Burgtheater


Volksgarten



New Castle (Neue Burg) of the Hofburg palace with National Library


Albertina


Café Sacher famous chocolate cake


Albertina


Josefsplatz


One of the most beautiful historical librares in the world


Austrian National Library State Hall


Marble statue of charles VI


Nowadays 200,000 books printed in the years 1501 - 1850 are stored




Imperial Treasury


The best part of the Hofburg and an absolute must


Contains the Habsburgs* collection of jewels, crowns


Set of jewels from the estate of Archduchess Sophie (1805-1872)



Cradle of the King of Rome


Handschuhe


Liturgical Vestments of the Order of the Golden Fleece


Embroidery on linen, metal and silk threads, pearls, pastes, velvet



Burgtheater


St. Michael Church


3 scopes!


Butterfly | Palm House


Beer garden


Film Festiva


Bojan, our new Serbian friend


One of the local famous painting


As big as FF!


Schonbrunn Palace


UNESCO World Heritage Site #786


Me @ Schonbrunn Palace


A former imperial 1,441-room Rococo summer residence


Neptune well


The palace and gardens illustrate the tastes, interests,


and aspirations of successive Habsburg monarchs


Gloriette




Schonbrunn with Vienna in the background




Surprise to find a Hong Kong flag in Vienna


Town of Grinzing


A small town northeast of Vienna


With some winery


Am Kahlenberg


View of Vienna


Kahlenberg Kirche


Apple pie @ Bach Hengal


Energie Fernwarmewerk aka recycle center


Biked all the way to Prater


AKA Wurstelprater amusement park



Even ATM machine are cute up


Donaustadt


Franz von Asissi Kirche


Hungry after biking


Another triple scopes


Swarovski shopping


Guess what I bought?


The Austrian National Library owns more than 8M books and objects


Hofburg Palace


Hofburg Palace


Parliament


Rathaus


Burgtheater


Schonbrunn with Vienna in the background


Schonbrunn with Vienna in the background


Vienna from Kahlenberg Kirche