Night location: Vienna Another leisured start to our day with a sleep-in and delicious breakfast. Today we decided to visit the Vienna Prater which is a leisure area with a famous amusement park opened to the public by Emperor Joseph II in 1766. In 1897 the Giant Ferris Wheel called the Riesenrad was built and instantly became popular as the Viennese could look out over their city from 65 meters above the ground. It has 30 cabins in total, none of which are orig...

Night location: Vienna This morning we awoke feeling quite refreshed due to the excellent bed in our hotel. We both agree that this is one of the nicest hotels we have ever stayed in overseas and to top it off the a la carte breakfast on offer was also excellent. Our main agenda item for the day was a visit to Schonbrunn Palace. We elected to undertake the Grand Tour through 40 rooms in the palace with the help of an audio guide. The tour covered two primary re...

Night location: Vienna A day of Viennese culture and cuisine. We survived our overnight train experience with the main complaint being that our cabin became unbearably hot. At 3:20am Amber opened the window for a blast of cool air. David declared that the howling gush of air was glorious! After leaving our bags at the hotel we spent some time in the city centre before making our way to The Hofburg for a performance of The Spanish Riding School. With 450 years o...