So after a lovely fresh breakfast we set off to return to Vienna and all goes well until we get to about 50 metres from the car park to return the car and it all goes pear shape! Do you think we could find it? Not a chance, we did a couple more kilometres going around various blocks frustrating the hell out of the sat nav, only to return to the same spot! Got directions from a policeman then did a couple more circuits! Lol. We then parked in the same spot for th...

Back again to the Riding School, this time for the performance, to see them in the magnificent surroundings is an experience never to be forgotten. Then a lovely lunch next door in yet another fabulous building with glistening chandeliers and listening to a piano recital. Every step you take in Vienna and every building you enter (including shops and cafes) you are surrounded by the most magnificent architecture. After lunch we went on a sightseeing bus tour to t...

Well what a first day in Vienna it's been. Never in my wildest dreams when I was a young girl watching enraptured the Lipizzanas on TV that I would ever see them in the flesh. I then saw them for the first time about 20 years ago in the NEC with Rob and Diana, although I probably missed half the performance as I was having difficulty seeing through the tears. Lol. After that we were fortunate enough to see them twice more in London and Birmingham. Today was the i...

Well here we are in Vienna after a seamlessly smooth journey from Bristol courtesy of Easyjet and easy it certainly was, no queue either side, brilliant. Slight hiccup when there was no sign of the taxi that had been pre booked, but no real problem, we just jumped in one on the rank outside the airport. Arrived at the Hotel Carlton Opera and just had to laugh, budget it certainly is, but it's clean and the bed is comfortable so it's ok. Went out to explore and fo...