Labor of Love

Welcome back to the love tour.  Today was a kinda rough travel day which ended in high Vienna style .  I took the train from Budapest this morning at eleven and got here around two.  I'de imagined that tickets would be sold by an automated machine at the train station but I was wrong.  People actually handwrite the tickets and the real fun part is waiting for a ticketmaster.  There is no sign way of knowing unless an uninformed agent approaches with a number to make the wait much more efficient.  Then up to the counter to get a train ticket from the grump who offers very little help and sits behind plastic with a broken microphone.  Alright so with a secured ticked I boarded the train in front of a nervous jersey college student on his way to Vienna also.  Neither of us had reserved seats so we gambled and grabbed the first two available.  Good news is that I got to sit the whole time.  Bad news is that I was stressed at every stop that I might have to abandon my place.  

Made it to Vienna in the early afternoon and then took myself a cat nap. When I woke up I decided to see a tourist Mozart-Strauss concert in the castle.  One of my better decisions!  And that is when I fell in love again.  This time with the city of Vienna.  It is lit up so beautifully at night and I've been imagining myself in a ball gown being chauffeured from event to event.  In reality I've been walking cobblestone streets All night and so I'm TIRED!  Tomorrow I'll explore this lovely city some more.  Good night! 

Love,

RTK

One entrance to the museum.  The left side of the building houses the Spanish riding school 

My concert hall

View outside of the concert hall.  To the right is a lit clock on the tower of city hall

Church.  St. Stephens I think