June 20th (Day 6 Night)/June 21st (Day 7) Vienna

Welcome back to The Griswold's take on Vienna. Audrey (Taylor) speaking. Before I hit on the exciting events from today I will quickly recap last night. Following our meeting with Manuela, we were off to our complimentary 3 course meal at “Wiener Wirschaft.”  But unlike expected we were not feed famous Viennese Sausage but other Viennese favorites. For starters we began with asparagus soup which even though it sounded bad to me in the beginning it turned out to be very delicious with all of us eating every last drop! This was followed by boiled beef with roasted potatoes before we ended with an apple strudel both of which were also tasty.  

After dinner, we parted with Manuela and headed off to a carnival! Which included everything from roller coasters to games. Here we all had a lot of fun before calling it an evening so we could get ready for today.

Just like the first day that we spent in Budapest the family first started off the day touring many of the popular places found here in Vienna. After waking up and enjoying a nice breakfast we met up with Manuela, our Vienna tour guide. Much like Szilvia, Manuela is very energetic and educated. A few of the places that she took us today were The Habsburg Palace, famous museums, and a famous market

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My favorite place that we toured today would have to be The Habsburg Palace. This palace was con-prized of a number of different building, churches, and so much more because it was HUGE! A little bit of back round information on The Habsburg's is that they ruled Austria for more than 650 years with their rein ending at the beginning of WWI when Franz Ferdinand, a Habsburg himself, was assassinated in Bosnia. Their palace didn't just house them but also all of their servants. The

Habsburg Palace is no longer used as a home but serves as a number of different museums. After about two hours of touring Manuela called it a day and set us free. During our free time Hailey and I chose to take on the market with Allison and Teri. Overflowing with fruits, vegetables, nuts, and so much more it looked a lot like an American farmer's market. We also enjoyed lunch down at the market as well. After a couple hours of shopping we decided it was time for a little break for the afternoon before heading out for tonight's festivities. The boy's on the other hand spend their entire afternoon relaxing, for more on their progress you can ask them :).

Look for more from us tomorrow!
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Habsburg Palace