Pic 1: Sunflowers' plantation in Slovakia.
Pic 2: Sunflower
After going out from the land of Slovakia is the land of Austria so we visited the main city of Austria, Vienna. It is a tourist city...
Pic 3: Dl and Marilyn with the Fiaker, Vienna's famous horse-drawn.
Pic 4: St. Stephen's Cathedral - Stephansdom, one of Vienna’s most famous sights. St. Stephen's Cathedral defines the city centre and has been the heart of Vienna for centuries. It is one of the most famous Viennese sights and was built in 1147 AD. For a long time it was uncontested as highest building in Europe measuring almost 137 m.
Pic 5: Once a coal market, this pedestrian street leads to Hofburg. It is home to some of the most exclusive shops in Vienna, including the showroom of Thonet, whose shapely, black chairs, were created in the early 20th century and are pinnacles of Viennese design. A famous patisserie, Demel Konditorei, was founded in the late 18th century and is one of the city’s most famous cafes.
Pic 6: Renaissance Building.
Pic 7: Starbucks at Vienna, Austria.
Pic 8: This is The Spanish Riding School. The Spanish Riding School in Vienna is the only institution in the world which has practiced for over 430 years and continues to cultivate classical equitation in the Renaissance tradition of the haute école. The objective of classical equitation is to study the way the horse naturally moves and to cultivate the highest levels of haute école elegance the horse is capable of through systematic training.
The result creates an unparalleled harmony between rider and horse, as only Vienna's Spanish Riding School achieves. It's name was derived from the fact that the horses were of Spanish origin. The Lipizzaner is regarded to be the oldest classic horse race in Europe. The horses have been breed in Lipizza in Slovenia. Todoy, there is a study in Piber, close to Graz. Young Lipizzaner are black and only turn white when reaching maturity. They need to undergo elaborate training before they are able to perform their prancing Renaissance ballet to the sound of classical music.
Pic 9: Statue of Kaiser Franz 1.
Pic 10: Hofburg Imperial Palace is a palace which has housed some of the most powerful people in Austrian history.
Pic 11: The City Hall is one of the most splendid amongst the numerous monumental buildings along Vienna's. Designed by Friedrich Schmidt (1825-1891), it was erected between 1872 and 1883. The architecture of the Ringstraße is dominated by historicism. In Historicism various stylistic elements of the past were combined into a style in its own right. Friedrich Schmidt however orientated himself just on one particular epoch. The City Hall was built in gothical style, with a tower similar to gothic cathedrals. The gothic era saw the growth of the cities and the emergence of an urban burgeoisie.
Today the City Hall is the head office of Vienna's municipal administration. More than 2000 people work in the building. Visitors are stunned by the magnificent appointments of the state rooms, which frequently provide an atmospheric backdrop to various events such as press conferences, concerts or balls.
Pic 12: St. Peter's Church. The Peterskirche was built in 792 and is together with the Ruprechtskiche among the oldest churches in Vienna. In 1701 it was pulled down and in the following 30 years it has been rebuilt by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. The church is an adaption to the Petersdom in Rome. In the interior you can enjoy the rich baroque décor.
Pic 13: Our lunch.
After walking for about 2 hours in the city of Vienna, we bought lunch to eat in the car and travel back to Germany which take another 8 hours drive.
Pic 14: On the way back to Germany, we saw double rainbows but only manage to capture one because of the uneasy position in the car...
Pic 15: Sunset.
Pic 16: Sunset.
Pic 17: Sunset.
Pic 18: Spätzle can be considered as my favorate food here in Germany... Well, really praise the Lord for this dinner. It is at 10.40pm, at last we are home!!! Praise the Lord. Everyone is so hungry because we only had small bread at 1.30pm in Vienna, Austria that we bought before we travel back to Germany.
Michi called mama when we are on the way at 7pm so mama offered to cook dinner for us... For me, im just feeling like wow, an angle prepared food for me when im so hungry, really eating it with a thankful heart that ppl provide food for us... hahahaa....
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