Gruess Gott Vienna

It was yet another long weekend in a series of long weekends here in Germany. Thursday was a holiday and we took Friday off and drove to Vienna for four days. It was about 7 hours drive with a couple of breaks. We had booked a small apartment very close to the Ringstrasse, where all the cafes and most tourists can be found.
After checking in, we headed to Stephansdom, the ancient cathedral and probably the most important landmark in Vienna. The square next to the cathedral, Stephansplatz, is lined with many cafes and all of them were brimming with patrons both local and visitors. We took a table on the terrace of one of the cafes and it was so close to the church that it was like sitting in the churchyard. The square was full of street artists and small crowds around them. Sunshine ran after the pigeons on the square while we drank our coffees and had our cakes. Vienna is a cake lovers paradise with an amazing variety of delicious cakes and pastries available in numerous cafes dotted all over the city. So much so that Mummy who is a vegetarian decided to eat cakes as long as she is in Vienna. ;) Papa, Mummy and I stuck to the most famous fare, sachertorte  while DH had a cardinalschnitte.

Stephansdom

We had a lazy walk back to the apartment through the cobbled streets and past many old and historic buildings and had frozen yoghurt on the way. That is right, we eat a lot while on vacation (and otherwise as well;)) although one would never guess that by looking at DH. After visiting so many European cities with well preserved historic buildings, we seem to take them for granted. I remember in the initial days, when we had just moved here, we would click so many snaps in front of every building and take the trouble to find out what it was. Now, we just walk past them although we still enjoy the flavour that they bring to the city.