Europe 2022 day #17. “Our Last Day in Wien (aka Vienna)” Vienna, Austria 10/23/2022

by reissmd, posted in Vienna, Austria

I am so sorry if it has been difficult to make a comment on the blog. According to my daughter, Erica, all you need to do is reply to the email that sends the post. No need to go to the blog site and add your email address. I love those comments so please keep them coming.

We started today with another great breakfast and I have to admit the Sacher Torte has definitely grown on me and I like it very much. So much so that I am disappointed that our flight tomorrow is so early that we might miss breakfast.

We had a fantastic day with Peter touring the Hofburg Palace complex which included the Sisi museum. The museum is dedicated to Elisabeth the Emperess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and the Austro-Hungarian equivalent to Lady Di. Elisabeth was quite the beauty and a bit vain. We were told that she refused to allow any photos to be taken of her after the age of 30.

The security camera at the Elisabeth museum. Notice the 3 suspicious characters in the right lower corner.

We also toured the Military Museum and Belvedere Palace. The Belvedere Palace had an incredible array of artwork including “The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt.

“The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt.

During the day we took a lunch break at Cafe Central (Herrengasse 14, 1010 Wien). Our guide, Peter, joined us for lunch at which time he discussed the history of Vienna prior to, during, and after WW II. It was fascinating to hear what he had to say. I was essentially speechless (Patrice here: Yes, Robert hardly said a word and you know what a rare event that is).

Robert, Erica, Patrice, and Peter at Cafe Central.

One fun fact we learned today was that as part of the post-WWII peace accord the Austrians were required to put up memorials to each of the allied countries. Peter took us by the Russian memorial. He further told us that the person that owns the property adjacent to the memorial was understandably upset about the Russian military action in Ukraine. Notice the colors he painted the adjoining fence.

The private property with its new coat of paint resembling the Ukrainian flag.

Peter was with us for about 7 hours today (we were only scheduled for 6) and then we had to bid him farewell. I told him that each tour guide seems to be better than the previous so lucky for him we only have Berlin left on our tour so he will definitely be one of our top 2 favorites. Not only was he a vast source of information, but he was also very humorous. Today he really got me chuckling when we were waiting at a red light and he started to cross the street saying, “The red light is just a suggestion”.

You might remember from yesterday that I planned to return to Jungmann & Neffe to be measured for my tailor-made suit for a mere $5,000. But darn, wouldn’t you know they are closed on Sunday. I guess we will just have to return and get it next time.

Can you see how disappointed I was that I lost my opportunity to buy a $5,000 suit?

Enough for tonight. After all, we need to head out for dinner.

Gute Nacht

19 thoughts on “Europe 2022 day #17. “Our Last Day in Wien (aka Vienna)” Vienna, Austria 10/23/2022”

  2. Leaving a post on your blog for me is easy. If I can do it, then anyone can do it because tech and I do not always get along. Peter is a great guide, I can tell. Hope you have his email or contact information would like to get him as a guide in Vienna. No question of the day? Those make me smile. Thanks for sharing. What a wonderful adventure you are on!

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  3. Sorry Robert, I’ve not replied and continued to tell you how much I love reading your daily journal about how much fun you’ve been having.

    Please continue to share. Love it

    Marcia

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  8. I believe Elisabeth was assassinated when she was about 60.  Her son and his much younger lover committed suicide together at Mayerling.

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  9. HI! Just catching up on your posts!! I didn’t know it was so easy to respond, duh… Congratulations on the award your are getting. Thats really impressive UR, you have done such amazing work for the cause and its nice they are appreciating you publicly. I bought 2 tickets, so either my mom and I will go, Les and I or Rob and i. In that order, who ever can make it, but Rob will for sure if Mom or Les can’t.

    I haven’t seen the answer to the eggs bennie question/ picture, but it looked like eggs bennie with gravlox ( sp? ) to me….

    Now I want to go to Austria just to have a tour with Peter. He sounds hysterical. I am so happy you are having fun. I am work now, obviously not working that hard at the moment, so I am going to read the rest of your post.

    Love , Stef >

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