Outdoors

On Friday, we woke up very late, since Sunshine also slept in, to a brilliant morning. After a quick breakfast at home, we packed enough snacks for Sunshine and drove to the Schönbrunn Palace, which was the summer residence of the Austrian monarchy.
It was such a glorious day and we didnt want to spend it indoors. So, we skipped the palace tour and went straight to the vast palace gardens. It is so huge and divided into several sections with each section featuring a different style of landscaping. It was too vast to be covered in one day, atleast at our pace, so we did not rush ourselves. We just wandered around aimlessly soaking in the beautiful day outdoors, lazing around on park benches. Sunshine chased countless ducks and pigeons, screamed 'hosh' every time he saw a horse drawn carriage with tourists and threw stones into the fountains. He is an outdoor boy and is happy anywhere in the world as long as it is sunny and he gets to run around.

Gloriette

After spending most of the hot afternoon in the garden, we decided to walk to the monument Gloriette which is on a small hill across the palace. On the way, we stopped at a cafe and indulged ourselves again with some local delicacies both sweet and savoury. At the top of the hill, one gets a beautiful view of the Schönbrunn palace set against the backdrop of the city. We spent some time there enjoying the view and letting Sunshine explore around.

Schönbrunn Palace

We called it a day rather early as all of us were tired after all the walking around.