Vienna A to Z

A A+++ to the accordian player performing "Flight of the Bumblebee"
B Breugel's "hunters in the snow". Just as my art history teacher said: beautiful in person
C Carmen Opera performed in German. See "P" for more detail

D Dogs with leashes and muzzle cages only allowed on trains

E Edelwiess. Everyone sing now
F Fairly frost bitten fingers
G Gasse, translation "an alley". That's why every street name ends in "Gasse"
H Hofburg family tree. 5 gold stars to the first person that can explain it
I Insert break here. We never did
J Jam session during mass at Stephansdom Kirche

K Kunsthistoriches museum the trifecta: warmth, wc, gift shop. And the art of course
L Lippizaner stallions

M Mozart
N Next stop: Bratislava Slovakia
O Ordering in German or Spanish, whichever comes to Katie's mind first
P Peanut butter Captain. Sure they sang that during the opera, Katie, sure
Q Quest for Döner Sandwich. Success!

R Ring (a cameo added to my souvenirs)

S Schönnbrun Palace the Versailles of Austria

T Ten million euros. The cost to restore the royal bed in the Schönnbrun Palace
U Ungargasse. Our street
V Verstanden? Nope we didn't understand much at the opera
W Walking lots of walking

X marks the spot. The room where Mozart performed at age 6 in the Schönnbrun Palace
Y Yodel, you know you want to, we did
Z zzzzzzzzz what I need after walking everywhere in Vienna

2 cities in 3 days with lots of yummy food

Starting in Prague we enjoyed a meal of traditional Czech food with a modern twist

Cucumber ginger lemonade. Loved this drink, however they did NOT use burp-less cucumbers :)

Katie's dish of Duck Confit with potato dumplings was my favorite. I will take duck like this anytime.

My dish of beef tenderloin was tastyreminding me of thanksgiving dinner with the stuffing-like bread dumplings and current dressing.

Then off to Vienna o the train. Yes we sang the Blue Danube waltz and may have yodeled as the train crossed the Danube into Vienna.

Before the opera that night we had italian. That is a calzone the size of a football on Katie's plate. It was prepared and baked in an oven right next to us and the man was a magician with dough. Wow! 

Gutenmorgen Vienna! We worked up quite the appetite during our cold morning walk around the city and meandering with the hordes of people through the farmers market. My pastries weighed at least 2 pounds. An apple strudel and something filled with a less sweet tasting eggnoggy custard. It was hard to balance them on our laps they were so huge. You know that pigeon is just waiting for one to go down. We both almost lost our fingers to frostbite to enjoy these sweeties.

Later hotdogs. These aren't just any hot dogs. This is a hotdog/bratwurst filled with cheese in a whole crusty baguette. Perfect when sitting on a bench when accompanied by an accordion player performing Flight of the Bumble Bee.

After a very packed day (more tomorrow) we ended the evening with this: an original Sacher Torte. The cake is drier on the inside than expected but the yummy dark chocolate on the outside makes up for it.