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11th & 12th December

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Snowglobes, Cafe Sacher & Vienna by night

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Our last day in Vienna and time for our hike to the suburbs to visit the Snowglobe Museum.


Good to see that Pierce Brosnan is a big Spar customer...
 
 
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Inside the Snowglobe Museum...
 
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With the Citizen Kane 'Rosebud' snowglobe...


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One for the adult market...


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The owner's grandfather invented the snowglobe and the family tradition has continued...
 
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Models that would have gone inside the snowglobes...
 
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Miche outside the museum...

 
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At the Am Hof Advent Christmas Market, much less crowded and it also had some more unusual crafts, but why do I always fall for the nougat temptation and I'm always shocked at the price by which time I'm committed.

Miche blowing a hot prosecco kiss...

 
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Lipizzanner horses on their day off...

 
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One of the many carriages in the city, this one is outside Josefsplatz and the Kaiserstatue (of Emperor Joseph II) and the State Hall of the Austrian National Library...

 
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Cafe Sacher

After a short wait for a table, even on a Monday afternoon, we had lunch at Cafe Sacher, part of Hotel Sacher - home of the Sacher Torte.

Just as I couldn't leave Vienna without a Sacher Torte, I couldn't leave without a Wiener Hot Dog either. As delivered...


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That's better :-)

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Miche and our Sacher Tortes and Melanges. Had we built the Sacher Tortes up too much in advance? They were nice, but only a small variation on a chocolate sponge cake really and a little dry...


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Up close...


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View of the cafe, which is pretty small...


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Back in Michaelerplatz, looking at St Michael's Church and the Spanish Riding School...


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Spanish Riding School in the early evening...


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We headed to the Rathausplatz to go ice-skating, but unfortunately the strong winds and overhanging trees meant that it was temporarily closed...


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Rathaus and Christkindmarkt...


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The ever-impressive Stephansdom (St Stephen's Cathedral) by night...


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Time for beer and schnitzel at Figlmuller's restaurant in the beautiful Regensburger Hof building we'd seen on Day 2...


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Stephansdom - Giant's Gate and Heathen Towers. The Giant's gate got its name not just by its size, but also by a thighbone of a mastodon that was discovered in 1443 when digging the foundation for the north tower and later hung over the gate....


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Day 5 - Travel home

Miche in the hotel room as we checked we were all packed and the many snowglobes were secure and amply padded in our hold luggage, as they would fall foul of carry-on liquid rules on the flight...


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View from the hotel corridor window of the spire of the gothic church of Maria am Gestade (Mary at the shore)...


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Long range view of the mountains while waiting for our return flight...


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Day 1 - Travel & Salm Bräu
Day 2 - City Wander & Christmas Market
Day 3 - Bratislava & Cafe Central
Days 4 & 5 - Snowglobes, Cafe Sacher & Vienna by night