A sleepy Sunday morning in Vienna

DAY 25***

After the NYE fireworks last night, we did wander onto The Graben and, yes, we did Viennese Waltz (yes, in our coats!) with the locals, on a small dancefloor right in the middle of the street with St Stephen's Cathedral just nearby. Even DD & DS had a go on the dance floor....something surely to remember for all of us!!

So, it wasn't any wonder that we slept in this morning. Besides the weather had taken a turn for the worse - it rained most of New Year's Day. So, no horse-&-carriage rides, or Giant Ferris Wheel either. DS & DD were rightly disappointed but since we had had only 2 days of poor weather this trip, we felt we had been very fortunate......

The Altstadt's motto "your residence whilst in Vienna" certainly rang true on this day. The Altstadt's main breakfast lounge, and 2 of the other smaller rooms, have large flat-screened televisions, so, with the owner of The Altstadt in our midst, we all sat watching the real New Year's Day Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at the Schonbrunn Palace's Great Hall. 

Quite surreal actually, to be sitting here, in Vienna, at 11am watching a concert being performed live just a few kilometres away!

We took the opportunity to catch up on this blog, and finish packing for tomorrow we were leaving. Then later in the afternoon, we took the U-link down to see St Charles Borromeo Church @ Karlsplatz. 

Not snow, just more rain....

Our last night in Vienna! Whilst DS caught sight of a Vietnamese (his favourite) restaurant on the way to Karlskirche, it was decided that a traditional Viennese meal at a typical Viennese local restaurant was more in order.

so we picked this one........


































        Tomorrow we will be on a flight to Dubai, and then back to Australia.







Ciao & Au Revoir Europe......see you next time..................................