It was a sad day as many of our cruise boat friends are leaving the boat. Said goodbye to Jim and Bonnie from Idaho and Al and Shirley from Canada. A group of those “left behind” went to the nearby train station and caught the train to the heart of the city. Terry and I headed for the Spanish Riding School which was doing a low key performance at 11 o'clock. The main performers are now at their summer retreat, so we saw some mares and foals and some horses and carriages. It was wonderful to be in the room where these horses perform, after seeing and reading about them for years. In fact, just being in Vienna – I sometimes can't believe it – we're in Vienna!!!! After watching the horses, we went for a long walk around the city, stopping for lunch at a Subway across the road from the State Opera House, a splendid building. Where could you have a better view eating a Subway roll??!!
We got the train to the Wiener Riesenrad – the giant ferris wheel which has been spinning around since 1897 when it was built to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Emperor Franz Josef. The carriages are quite large, can hold up to 20 people. There were about eight in ours and we could walk around taking photos and admiring the view of Vienna. It was a very slow ride, giving you ample opportunity to take photos at different levels and we were at the top for about five minutes. It only went around once but it was more about the views than a “ride”. It is in a park something like Dreamworld or the Exhibition and there are plenty of other more “exciting” rides for those that like that sort of thing.
We got the subway train back to the station near the boat and had a look at the Jubilee Church, again in honour of the Emperor's Jubilee, but the church wasn't very exciting. We reboarded our boat and there were a number of new passengers and also crew, so new faces and names to remember.
We got the train to the Wiener Riesenrad – the giant ferris wheel which has been spinning around since 1897 when it was built to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Emperor Franz Josef. The carriages are quite large, can hold up to 20 people. There were about eight in ours and we could walk around taking photos and admiring the view of Vienna. It was a very slow ride, giving you ample opportunity to take photos at different levels and we were at the top for about five minutes. It only went around once but it was more about the views than a “ride”. It is in a park something like Dreamworld or the Exhibition and there are plenty of other more “exciting” rides for those that like that sort of thing.
We got the subway train back to the station near the boat and had a look at the Jubilee Church, again in honour of the Emperor's Jubilee, but the church wasn't very exciting. We reboarded our boat and there were a number of new passengers and also crew, so new faces and names to remember.
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