Just a little lesson here...
Wien is Vienna is German, had to learn that one the hard and embarrassing way.
I arrived in WIEN, last night around 10:40 at the main train station. I grabbed a cab to 48 Sieveringerstrabe which is where the Hilliard family lives. Lisa, the mom, let me in and I met JT and Julie. This morning I met Alex, who is my age. I would say the best part of this place is the bed. A real pillow and a real mattress felt amazing after traveling for so long. I didn't even set an alarm!
This morning I left for the main part of the city. in Vienna there is the ring which Is the road that surrounds all the historical sites and outside of the ring is the belt. A belt is bigger than a ring, as I was explained to by a man on the train to Austria. I saw St. Stephen's church and walked around inside. I walked up about 450 steps to the top of the South Tower to view Vienna from above. I could see all the churches and the Hapburgs Palace. After that I walked through the main square which is closed off to pedestrians and has several cafes and upscale stores. I wandered into St. michael's church and listened to the organ okayed for awhile. This is church that had it's parts built over several centuries so there are very different styles to admire throughout it.
Later I walked through the Hapsburg Palace grounds which I definitely have to go back to. All the buildings are gorgeous and they are statues and fountains dotting the entire place. I walked past parliament which puts the Capitol Buoding to shame and the University fo Vienna which outs any building at American to shame. I finally settled down for a late lunch at Cafe Stein, simply because it sounded German enough to me. I had a salad with grilled chicken and a coffee. It is nice to get some different food groups into the diet as usual. I went to another cafe next door which sold pastries and got something Austrian which tasted like chocolate mousse. I caught the closest metro and made my way back to the house.
Now I am watching Friends with Julie and eating Fudge Stripe cookies. God bless America.
XO
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