Vienna, Austria

We were only in Vienna for 24 hours, but in that amount of time, we were able to tell that Vienna is a beautiful city. We started at one ornate building, walked towards the next ornate building that we could see and kept following beautiful buildings throughout the city. They seemed to be endless.

Phil & Julie
Statue commemorating the defeat of the Black Plague

Traditional Austrian costumes

St. Peter's Church

Inside St. Peter's Church

Ceiling of St. Peter's Church

We were surprised to find two corpses dressed in armor in glass boxes in side chapels on both sides of the church. We have seen plenty of tombs in churches, but never any ones where the bodies were on display.

We kept walking and came to the Hofburg Palace, the winter residence of the Habsburg kings and queens.

Phil & Julie in front of the Hofburg Palace

We walked through the arches of the palace to the other side. From there, we could see about half a dozen beautiful buildings in the distance.

Beautiful view from the Hofburg Palace

At that point, we headed back to meet our group for our city tour, which ended with a tour of St. Stephen's Church. It is a very long, gothic church with very high ceilings and beautiful stained glass windows.

St. Stephen's Church

Inside of St. Stephen's Church

The following morning, we again decided to follow the city from one beautiful building or statue to the next, starting with the statue of Queen Mother Theresia, who was known as "The Mother-in-law of Europe," because she had 16 children who all married very well.

Statue of Queen Mother Theresia

The Rathaus (City Hall)

Parliament

Vienna has a gorgeous rose garden known as the "Volksgarten."

Phil in the Volksgarten

Julie in the Volksgarten

Julie in the Volksgarten

All over the city, people were dressed up like Mozart, trying to get us to buy tickets to a Mozart concert.

Statue of Mozart

Karl's Church