We decided to spend Easter in Vienna as it's only a few hours away on the train and Kate had never been there before. The train ride was very scenic skirting along the northern edge of the alps past Salzburg and Linz. We headed straight to the middle of town to St Stephans cathedral which is famous for it's colourful tiled roof.
We found a little Easter market where everyone was drinking a red drink with strawberries floating in it. It tasted like strawberry juice with schnapps and we got an apple strudel to go along with it.
The ring road around the old town is home to many enormous grand buildings including the Rathaus (town hall) below.
The flowers had all started to bloom and the warm weather had brought every man and his dog out to the parks. It's still a little cool by Queensland standards but the slightest hint of sunshine here at this time of year gets everyone outside.
The next day we walked from our Airbnb apartment near Westbahnhof over to Shönbrunn Palace. It was the Easter long weekend and the line to go into the palace was ridiculous, so we settled on just going through the park and going to the top of the hill to the Gloriette.
Spring is well underway now in Europe so for the first time for this trip we got to see fountains actually working and statues uncovered! The flowers were out in force too and the gardens were immaculate. There is a zoo at Shönbrunn too and we caught a glimpse of a rhino through the fence as we were walking past.
We had brought a picnic lunch consisting of brie and honey rolls and a 1.5L tetra-pack of Eastern Europe's finest wine dregs. So we found a quiet spot in the forest and set up.
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There were some squirrels in the trees eating the bird seed out of the feeders, and they came over to see what we were eating. By then we only had honey left which they weren't particularly impressed by.
Kate was pretty tipsy after lunch so she forgot about going back to the hedge maze we'd seen on the way in.
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