We spent most of today on the bus, driving to Vienna, Austria! We left the hotel around 9 am, boarded the bus about 10 am , and got to Vienna around 7 pm...so it was a long day. They said it would be like 4 hours...lies! It was like 8! It's supposed to be like 8 from Munich to Paris in a week....but if it goes anything like the last bus ride, it'll be 12! haha Once we got out of Venice and surrounding cities, we were in the middle of the Alps - and it was AMAZING!
I couldn't get enough pictures of it. The mountains are beautiful and a welcome sight to my Utahan heart! :D They were like Utah mountains, but just taller and a TON greener, and they went for miles and miles. There were also a lot of cute, picturesque little Austrian towns in the middle of the Alps. Ah, Austria is BEAUTIFUL!
Before we got to Vienna, we stopped for 4 hours in Salzburg, Austria...you know, where The Sound of Music was filmed? Yes. That Sound of Music. We went to the Mirabel Gardens were they filmed the "DO-RE-MI" scene where they walk through the gardens and jump up and down the steps. And to prove it, here is the clip from The Sound of Music and then us on the stairs.
Oh, and while in Salzburg, we found a sale on chocolate. Needless to say, we were all VERY happy! We are getting closer to that German chocolate! Ah, and it's going to be amazing! One of my professors has spent time in Austria on his mission and with his parents as they were mission presidents right after and during this mission. So for dinner in Salzburg, he took us to his family's favorite restaurant
The food was amazing! We had to much bread with the pasta and pizza in Italy, that this dinner was probably one of the best on the trip. They brought out large platters with Wienerschnitzel, chicken, steak, pork, and a large variety of vegetables (peas, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, zucchini, etc). Then they had platter with more veggies and bowls of fries. It was HEAVEN to our bodies. We were starved for protein. And then for dessert they brought out one piece of five different desserts and we all shared them at each of our tables. We all had 1/8th of the pieces and not one of us finished them because we were so full! There was a berry cheesecake, an apple dessert, chocolate cake, and tiramisu. We basically ROLLED out of that place. We were one happy, tired group!
When we got to Vienna we moved into our rooms, we only have 2 people to a room in this hotel, and we'll be staying in the same chain of hotels in Paris as well, so we are pretty happy about that. We like these. Then we took the metro to the center of town (two stops away) to walk around, look around, and get dinner. Most of us got hot dogs with ketchup and amazing mustard on them. I love mustard!
This was a welcome change to our diets, we have been dying for meat since we hit Italy and all we got was pasta and pizza. When we got here we saw two pizzarias, and two gelato stands - we just can't escape Italian food! Ah! When I saw them I wanted to puke! I don't think I'm going to eat pizza again for at least another 6 months! I am also sick of bread! AH - too many carbs, like 0 vegetables, and 0 protein! My body is not loving this - but it did love the cheeses in Italy. I never had a problem with my lactose intolerance while I was in Italy - their cheese was so fresh! I even had yogurt today for breakfast and I'm fine! :D
Tomorrow I present on my painting (everyone has to present on a piece of work sometime during our trip) in the Art History museum here in Vienna. It's Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Hunters in the Snow.
Our stay in Vienna was a short one, so on our only full day there we went to some art museums
Before we got to Vienna, we stopped for 4 hours in Salzburg, Austria...you know, where The Sound of Music was filmed? Yes. That Sound of Music. We went to the Mirabel Gardens were they filmed the "DO-RE-MI" scene where they walk through the gardens and jump up and down the steps. And to prove it, here is the clip from The Sound of Music and then us on the stairs.
Feel free to watch the whole clip. It's a classic. But to see the Mirabel Gardens start at 3.57
DO-RE-ME
Mirabel Gardens
Forget-Me-Nots
Our version of the Von Trap family
Dwarf statues in Mirabel Gardens
Oh, and while in Salzburg, we found a sale on chocolate. Needless to say, we were all VERY happy! We are getting closer to that German chocolate! Ah, and it's going to be amazing! One of my professors has spent time in Austria on his mission and with his parents as they were mission presidents right after and during this mission. So for dinner in Salzburg, he took us to his family's favorite restaurant
This was the front of the hotel/restaurant and it's sign.
The food was amazing! We had to much bread with the pasta and pizza in Italy, that this dinner was probably one of the best on the trip. They brought out large platters with Wienerschnitzel, chicken, steak, pork, and a large variety of vegetables (peas, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, zucchini, etc). Then they had platter with more veggies and bowls of fries. It was HEAVEN to our bodies. We were starved for protein. And then for dessert they brought out one piece of five different desserts and we all shared them at each of our tables. We all had 1/8th of the pieces and not one of us finished them because we were so full! There was a berry cheesecake, an apple dessert, chocolate cake, and tiramisu. We basically ROLLED out of that place. We were one happy, tired group!
I want to eat them all..but I'm so full!
When we got to Vienna we moved into our rooms, we only have 2 people to a room in this hotel, and we'll be staying in the same chain of hotels in Paris as well, so we are pretty happy about that. We like these. Then we took the metro to the center of town (two stops away) to walk around, look around, and get dinner. Most of us got hot dogs with ketchup and amazing mustard on them. I love mustard!
Nate, (Caroline), Me, (Jaime), Maddie, Millie, (Ashley), and Cassandra
This was a welcome change to our diets, we have been dying for meat since we hit Italy and all we got was pasta and pizza. When we got here we saw two pizzarias, and two gelato stands - we just can't escape Italian food! Ah! When I saw them I wanted to puke! I don't think I'm going to eat pizza again for at least another 6 months! I am also sick of bread! AH - too many carbs, like 0 vegetables, and 0 protein! My body is not loving this - but it did love the cheeses in Italy. I never had a problem with my lactose intolerance while I was in Italy - their cheese was so fresh! I even had yogurt today for breakfast and I'm fine! :D
Tomorrow I present on my painting (everyone has to present on a piece of work sometime during our trip) in the Art History museum here in Vienna. It's Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Hunters in the Snow.
Our stay in Vienna was a short one, so on our only full day there we went to some art museums
Kunsthistoriche Museum
This is one of the main streets in Vienna
The first museum we went to was the Kunsthistoriche, and later we went to the Belvedere, both of which were amazing! We had some more Bratwurst for lunch (what we had for dinner our first night), but this time mine had a piece of bone in it - GROSS! No more hot dogs in Vienna for me. I finally broke down and had McDonald's for dinner. Needless to say, it was slightly more satisfying than a bone filled hot dog. We also went to the Schonbrunn Gardens, some beautiful gardens that reminded me of the gardens at Versailles - but much smaller of course! Pictures below...
More of the Schonbrunn Gardens
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