Sunday, July 27, 2008
Vienna day 2
We spent the first real day in Vienna getting used to the new town. We headed to the convienently named center of town, Stefansplatz. We went into the Stefansdom, but mass was in session so we only saw a little bit. We then checked out Mozarts house. We then meandered towards a market district, passing St Elizabeths church (next to Stefans Dom so I kept an eye out for any other family member's churches) and the imperial crypt and the end of the imperial palace. We also saw the Opera Hausa and a crazy modern art museum. We finally made it to the market, and spent a few hours wandering the many food and junk vendors set up. It then began to get stormy, so we headed back towards the metro stop, pausing to see a wedding at the giant Karlskirche. There were maybe 50 other tourists gawking at the wedding going on in the giant tourist attraction church. Anyway, we then headed back towards the hostel, stopping to pick up groceries for breakfast. We then set out on a quest to find a schnistel place that Angela had read about. After half an hour of walking, we discovered the place closed for a month while the family that runs it goes on vacation. We then wandered about for a while, and eventually settled on a bar that served schnistel. It was pretty tasty. We then settled back into the hostel for some much needed rest.
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more churches!!! Too bad there wasn't a St. Cassie cathedral. One day, maybe.
what is schnistel? Was the wedding big or medium sized? What did the dress look like?
I have to go to work soon. I am opening with Daniel O.
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More clarification about food! Schnitzel is anything breaded and fried, traditionally pork, but we have seen chicken more than anything else. I thought I might be walking into it by mentioning the wedding. Well, the wedding probably had about 30-40 people, but it barely even touched the capacity of the church (about 1500 I'd say). The bride and groom were both ugly (4's by my reckoning) and they had a string quartet to play them down the steps and into the waiting horse drawn carriage.
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