Vienna 2 Day 8: Vienna We had a morning tour of the city and the Schonbruun summer palace with a very Informative guide named Gertrude, or Trudy. The history we are learning is amazing. For example: Maria Theresa, Duchess and Empress of the Habsburg Dynasty ruled for 40 years, 20 of them pregnant, having 16 children, including the future Marie Antoinette. She was the only female ruler of the time and was very successful at maintaining her borders and implemen...

Salzburg: Birthplace of Wolfgang Mozart and like Maria, the local guide that took us for a tour, said, he is probably turning over in his grave today. The city of Salzburg is pedalling everything from free tuition to the Mozart school of music, (providing you can pass the very difficult entrance criteria) to Mozart pyjamas, Mozart plates, and chocolate truffles called Mozart's balls. Nice town of about 150,000 people divided into old and new. Old town is narr...