April 11-14th we took a class trip to Austria and Italy. We spent two days in Vienna and two days in Venice.
Vienna was beautiful, and strangely enough, reminded me a lot of Washington D.C. We had the opportunity to tour the Schonbrunn Palace (summer palace of the royal Habsburg Family). It was gorgeous! My favorite tour so far. We also got to tour the Albertina museum and saw/walked by many other places including: the opera house, Mozart Denkmal, Imperial palace, museum of fine arts, and parliament. We saw so many places in this city it's hard to keep track of them all! It is definitely a place I would like to revisit.
Venice is a city unlike any other--waterways instead of streets, water buses instead of cars, bridges instead of crosswalks. This is probably the only city that I don't care to see again. I wasn't a fan of all the canals, narrow streets, bridges, getting lost--apparently the best way to experience Venice. We saw San Marco Square (the heart of Venice), Palazzo Ducale, the bell tower, Doge's Palace (where Casanova was imprisoned), and even went on a gondola ride. Even though I didn't love it, I would say we had a full Venetian experience.
Walking through Vienna.
Loved this sign in Vienna.
Museum of Fine Arts, Vienna.
Stefansdom Cathedral, Vienna
Mozart Denkmal, Vienna
Me, Yoli, and Lisa outside the Museum of Fine Arts, Vienna
Driving through the Alps between Vienna and Venice.
Water bus in Venice on the Grand Canal.
Prettiest part of Venice.
Enjoying some excellent Italian gelato.
A waterway in Venice.
Gondola ride in Venice.
Our gondola driver was the cutest little fellow!
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