A Waltz through Vienna

Christmas Market in Vienna

VIENNA - After Budapest we trained it to Vienna (2 hours) for a quick taste of Bavarian-style Christmas. It's a beautiful city, especially this time of year. We wandered through the Christmas market and took a horse and buggy ride through the old town. The city was alive with Christmas spirit, and spirits.

An added bonus was connecting with Lindsey's old Ashcroft School friend Emma and her Mom, who now live in Prague and drove to Vienna to meet us. We enjoyed their company and their language skills, and we did a mini tour of the city with them, including a stop at the apartment where Beethoven once lived. Vienna is ground zero for classical music with rock stars like Mozart, Brahms, Schubert and Ludwig himself all calling it home at one time or another.

Beethoven's ivories

We wished we had a bit longer in this great city but I was growing tiered of buying new underwear (still no baggage) and headed back to Aix for Xmas.