Yubsie's Yammerings

We got off to a bit start yesterday because it took forever to get Kim's youngest out of bed. But we eventually made it downtown to continue our walking tour of Vienna. We walked by the Imperial Palace, the Parliament Buildings and the university. We also went to the Albertina, which is an art gallery with an impressive Impressionist collection. They actually start with Impressionism and then the later galleries are all organized through the progression up to the modern day. A lot of Monet, Renoir and Picasso (it's always exciting when I actually recognize the artist!). Amazing stuff.

I dated myself horribly when I said that the woman in one of the paintings looked like Carmen Sandiego and Aislinn had no clue what I was talking about. Kids these days!

After the art gallery we went to Rathauspark where they were holding a food festival. Good place for lunch! And of course after that we stopped for more gelato. There was random dancing with drums in the street. I'm not sure what exactly was going on, but it was cool!

After that we went to Schonbrunn palace. We were too late to tour the inside, but we walked through the gardens and took lots of pictures. Then we went to a beer garden and had Wienerschnitzel, because some things simply must be done.

Now we`re in Graz, which looks like a lovely city from what we saw while hauling our luggage to the hotel. We even managed to get a room despite Jess and me each thinking the other was taking care of booking that!