Sunday in Vienna, and Lipizzaner horses

Today we arrived for a full day in Vienna. The most beautiful buildings I've seen on the trip. Opera House, City Hall, Art Museum, everything. We decided to bus around the main loop to see everything in the center and it was worth it, despite my growing reluctance to take more tours. The guide was excellent, thought.

Here's the newly cleaned library:



and the monument to the black death:



and St. Stephen's church:



We visited the stables of the Lipizzaner horses, which we saw last trip. This time we didn't bother to see a training session, though.

The weather was like summer, in the 70's and clear. We tried to get some coffee in a street-side cafe, but it was so busy we didn't have time before he.ading back to the ship for lunch and a bike trip this afternoon to the Klosterneuburg Monastery 12 km up the Danube. This monastery made wine in large quantities, but we did not get a taste. They were celebrating Leopold Festival, men's day at the church behind it. Saint Leopold III founded the Monastery in 1114 (Yes, I swore I would not ride one of these bikes again, but with the weather so pleasant and the 12K trip to the monestary on a bike trail, I couldn't resist.) Judy and Kathleen went too. Got back around 4:30 pm.

The monastary:

Just now from our balcony: