Except the opera! We’ll be seeing Iolanta at the State Opera House! My first opera (possibly my last 
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I am so excited for pastries! 
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Oh awesome! I’m so glad you are going!
I always hesitate to recommend the opera because it’s a unique taste. But the building is worth it. Enjoy!!
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Do you like smoked salmon?
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Not a fan.
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Ok skip the Nordsee kiosks then 
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Just found out that the Opera is playing Hansel & Gretl while we are there. Trying to decide if we do it with my kids. I’m leaning towards doing it!
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How old are your kids? How long is that performance?
Iolanta is only about an hour and a half, and I’m very happy about that!
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They’ll be 7 and 10 by December. It’s a 60 minute first act with an intermission and a 45 minute second act. I was looking for something more like the “Holiday Pops” which we have done, but this looks like fun too.
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I would not miss it, actually I am going to it again in December.
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Thanks for the input!
I envy your travel schedule, you do seem to get around a lot!
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Sometimes I have to thank my wife. When I was in Vienna, I was tagging onto one of her work trips. I really am lucky, I was touring the city solo but she had already been there several times and told me exactly what I should see. After she was done work we did rent a car and drove around Austria for about a week.
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That all sounds wonderful!
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You will enjoy Vienna, it’s a pretty city and very easy to get around.
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Wie geht’s @ParkRanger ??
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I was too busy to do a live trip report!
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Quick photo dump for anyone interested…
First stop … Vienna!
I did learn to like coffee … a little. This is the traditional Viennese “melange”—sorta like a cappuccino?
Albertina Museum was great! We played a game where we picked one painting in every room that we most wanted to hang in our house.
First dinner was at a “heuringen” (wine garden) about 30 minutes from downtown. Right smack in the middle of the vineyard.
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This is not the Danube per se, but a canal off the river.
Random picturesque alleyway.
The famous Cafe Mozart. Great for people-watching!
Second dinner. I won’t bore you with all my food pics, but this was representative because it included two traditional Viennese dishes: schnitzel and boiled beef.
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Herr Mozart and random Fraulein.
Another excellent museum, the Kunsthistorisches. More old school.
Sorry, another food pic. Classic sweet treat sometimes (as on this occasion) consumed as a meal: kaiserschmarrn (ripped-up pancakes, basically).
St. Peter’s—gorgeous church.
Okay I lied, there will be more food pics. Excellent burrata salad featuring a blob of housemade ice cream that somehow was the perfect condiment.
Our view at the Vienna State Opera. Total splurge on front-row box seats. The show was Iolanta. We enjoyed it! Would possibly try another (short) opera some day.
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The grand ballroom (or whatever it was called) at the Schönbrunn—the “summer palace.”
View of the Schönbrunn from way up on a big hill that I’m glad we didn’t tackle on a hot day.
Cool labyrinth on the grounds of the Schönbrunn.
Exterior of our hotel. Very nice, quirky hotel in the heart of District 1.
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