January 2008 - Vienna, Austria

For my birthday Glen whisked me off to Vienna for the weekend! It was a very cold weekend but between the coffee houses (including eating original Sacher Torte in Cafe Sacher) and snow we were just fine! Glen even booked for us to go to mass accompanied by the Vienna Boys Choir on Sunday! An absolutely wonderful birthday present and weekend away.

Peterskirche (St Peter's Church)

Horse & carriage

Peterskirche (St Peter's Church)

Shopping street

Stephansdom (St Stephen's Cathedral)

Sacher Torte at Sacher Cafe

View from the Albertina Museum

View to the Hofburg (Imperial Palace) entrance

Entrace to the Hofburg palace

Hofburg courtyard

Heldenplatz

Heldenplatz

Volksgarten

Glen in Volksgarten

Covered rose vines in Volksgarten

St Michael's Dome

A violinist plays "Con te partiro"

Christmas lights

Dinner at Boheme

A dusting of snow overnight

Hofburg courtyard

Hofburgkapelle (Hofburg Chapel)

Mass with the Vienna Boys Choir

Schönbrunn Palace

Schönbrunn Palace

"Iceskating" at Schönbrunn Palace

The grounds of Schönbrunn Palace

The grounds of Schönbrunn Palace

The grounds of Schönbrunn Palace

The grounds of Schönbrunn Palace

Eskimo on a staircase at Schönbrunn Palace

The grounds of Schönbrunn Palace

Stadtpark

A cute teacup chandelier in Cafe Diglas

Stephansdom