Vienna – 5/20/2025

Today we took a walking tour of Vienna. We got a bus into the old city center and walked around with a guide to see the sights.

Rose garden in the city center
Rose garden in the city center
Volksgarten Park
Volksgarten Park
Theseus Temple - buil tto house a statue that is no longer there.
Theseus Temple – buil tto house a statue that is no longer there.
Park in the city center
Park in the city center
Statue commemorating the defeat of Napoleon outside of Vienna
Statue commemorating the defeat of Napoleon outside of Vienna
Rathaus City Hall
Rathaus City Hall
Statue to emperor Franz in the courtyard of the Imperial Palace
Statue to emperor Franz in the courtyard of the Imperial Palace
Imperial Palace
Imperial Palace

We went past the stables of the famous Lipizzaner stallions so we had a look at them.

Lipizzaner stallions in their stables
Lipizzaner stallions in their stables
Lipizzaner stallions in their stables
Lipizzaner stallions in their stables
Hoffburg palace/Imperial Palace
Hoffburg palace/Imperial Palace
Cool building near the palace
Cool building near the palace

Our guide left us in front of St. Stephens Cathedral with instructions on where to meet him again to take the bus back to the ship or how to take the subway if we wanted to stay in the city so we decided to spend some time on our own in the city.

St. Stephens Cathedral
St. Stephens Cathedral

We went into the cathedral and then up the north tower for some shots of the city.

Inside St Stephen's Cathedral
Inside St Stephen’s Cathedral
Inside St Stephen's Cathedral
Inside St Stephen’s Cathedral
Inside St Stephen's Cathedral
Inside St Stephen’s Cathedral
Inside St Stephen's Cathedral
Inside St Stephen’s Cathedral
Inside St Stephen's Cathedral
Inside St Stephen’s Cathedral
Views from St Stephen's Cathedral tower
Views from St Stephen’s Cathedral tower
Views from St Stephen's Cathedral tower
Views from St Stephen’s Cathedral tower
Views from St Stephen's Cathedral tower
Views from St Stephen’s Cathedral tower
Views from St Stephen's Cathedral tower
Views from St Stephen’s Cathedral tower
Views from St Stephen's Cathedral tower
Views from St Stephen’s Cathedral tower
The bell in the St Stephen's Cathedral tower
The bell in the St Stephen’s Cathedral tower

We then decided to walk back to the Parliment building to get some closer pictures and walk around the city. The Lippizaner Stallions were crossing the road to their stables when we went by.

Lippizaner Stallion
Lippizaner Stallion
Parliament
Parliament
Shawn in front of the statue of Athena in front of Parliament
Shawn in front of the statue of Athena in front of Parliament
Shawn in front of the statue of Athena in front of Parliament
Shawn in front of the statue of Athena in front of Parliament
Conrad in front of the statue of Athena in front of Parliament
Conrad in front of the statue of Athena in front of Parliament

We took a quick video of Parliament as well

Rathaus City Hall
Rathaus City Hall
Theater
Theater
Rathaus City Hall
Rathaus City Hall

Once we got the pictures we wanted, we made our way back towards St Stephen’s Cathedral where our subway stop was and had some lunch at a cafe.

After lunch we made our way back to the ship via the subway, one straight line 4 stops and we were there. It was relatively easy.

Tonight we set sail for Budapest and the last stop on our cruise. We have the Gala goodbye dinner tonight.

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