THE ELEGANT CITY OF VIENNA AUSTRIA
ON MINKEY’S AMAZING VIKING RIVER CRUISE

As always, slideshows are below the posts.

 Mirabell Gardens - Sound of MusicSmall Chapel in Viennastreet in Vienna Statue of Strauss Schonbrun Lippanzzer Horses - Spanish Riding SchoolCarriages everywhere in ViennaMinkey at Shonbrun Palace

Stephensdom Saint Stephens

 Bikers EverywhereAlleyway Shops Bohemian area of Vienna Minkey drinking a coke       

Vienna, or Wien (Veen) as it is referred to by the locals, is one of the most elegant and beautiful cities in the world, and it’s known as one of the best places to live in the world as well.  It’s also called the Paris of Eastern Europe, and we could see why.

Minkey Mama loves architecture, so she was in Heaven here.  The Minkster loved it because the city streets were filled with trees on the wide boulevards, and there were a lot of beautiful parks and fountains for Minkey to play in.  

There are also tons of world famous shops there like Cartier and Dior.   They had a showing of the world-reknown Faberge Eggs while we were there.   These priceless works of art were custom made for Czar Nicholas of Russia for his family, and are gold and silver and encrusted with jewels, pearls and beautiful brilliant glazed colors.    Minkey Mama has always adored these.

As you can see above, a common sight is tons and tons of bikes.  They sometimes made the Mink cry, because they zipped by in a blur, going about 40+ mph, and he thought he was going to end up as a little furry red pile on the streets of Vienna.   The tour guides even told us to watch out, because they DO NOT STOP on the pedestrian crossings.   YIKES!!   You’d just see a flash before your eyes before you even realized they were there.

  All the parks, palaces, and government buildings have the most beautiful statues and fountains.   The most famous palace everyone has heard of is the Schonbrun, where some of the Sound of Music was filmed, and where there is a HUGE famous garden.    The garden is SO huge, a lot of people see it by horse-drawn carriage.    We went inside this palace, and it was so elegant and covered with gold and crystal chandeliers and things, you needed to put on your shades!  

It was designed by Empress Maria Therese, the only female ‘Emperor’ ever to reign in Vienna.   She also had a lot to do with the design of the gardens.  She was known as Sisi (sissy), and Minkey thought that was a very funny and common name for royalty.   Minkey kept saying how FAT Sisi was, but it was that she wore these HUGE gowns with skirts that covered half the room!   lol

There’s also a smaller garden in Vienna near the Palace that made stars come out of Minkey Mama’s eyes.  It was called the Mirabell and was a charming ivy-covered walled garden with beautiful wrought iron gates.  This had the most scenes from the Sound of Music like the fountains, and the statues at the entrance that face each other with their fists pointing inward.  Very cool place.

 The Minkster kept spashing around in the fountains and climbing on the statues and ivy covered walls until he got Minkey Mama in trouble and we had to stop and put the Mink away in that dreaded purse of hers.   Minkey HATES it in there.   It’s all dark, and he gets all bumped around when she walks.

There’s also a very famous Gothic Cathedral called Stephensdom, that is one of the most famous Gothic churches in all of Europe.    

Also, in the area of town where the palaces and public buildings are, is the famous Spanish Riding School where they train the world-reknown Lippazan stallions.   We wanted to go to the show where they perform, but we ran out of time.  At least we got a few pics of them.

The Mink sniffled when the trainers wouldn’t let him pet them.     Minkey is NO LESS important than royal horses, surely!   Hmmpph.   They’re still horses, and they still poop and fart in public just like the Mink does.  Oh, opps!!!  hehe   I didn’t mean to admit that to the world.   YIKES!

WELL, IT’S LATE, AND ME AND MINKEY MAMA ARE TIRED, SO WE HAVE TO STOP HERE AND GO TO BED.

 DO NOT GO AWAY, THOUGH!

There are several other EXTREMELY COOL parts of the trip to go. We’ll tell you more about Salzburg, Austria (slideshow below), and a few more places before we sign off.  We’ll have slideshows on those, too, so STAY TUNED.

Nighty Night and don’t let the bedbugs bite!

xxxooo Minkey

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About Admin-1

Hey there!, I'm Sharon, better known as "Minkey Mama" and I'm the human behind the scenes of the jet-setting, international traveller aka as Minkey, "the Mink" and "the Minkster". I work for Minkey, and he exploits me for my contacts, my labor, and my money, so he can live the incredible life he has! I hope to some day travel the world to as many amazing countries as The Mink has. I am married with one dog and 2 cats, and a son, Michael (who thinks his mother is crazy for spending so much time ..... and enjoying it .... on a little red monkey). I have many other passions such as marketing online, crazy about animals, landscape design, interior design, photography, handwriting analysis and travelling the world (but only 7 countries so far). I've been working at home for 2 years now and loving it, and if you'd like to do the same, connect with me on my Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/sharon.langston.739 Hope you continue to enjoy and comment on Minkey's Blog!
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