We visited the massive, beautiful Hofburg library with its lofty, domed, painted ceilings and its book lined walls. There are many statues and a Maria Theresa Jubilee exhibition was on show with many historic items and paintings that normally reside in the Schonbrunn Palace. Maria Theresa (1717-1780) was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, etc etc for 40 years from 1740 when her father, Charles VI died and reigned over a very turbulent period. (...

Vienna. What a wonderful city. Our hotel is situated quite centrally. It's easy to access all that the city has to offer. We ventured in to the city centre to the Stephansplatz, another amazing cathedral, no less!! The cathedral appeared to be a ghostly grey colour, a bit different to others we've seen. Outside the cathedral there were a dozen or so guys dressed in full length theatre costume flogging tickets to classical concerts. We'd checked on the net to fin...