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Day 7: Aug 12, 2009 / Vienna, Austria
The hotel that we’re staying offers free wifi connection so we were able to go online to chat with Bela. Unfortunately, Bela is taking a nap so I was just able to talk to my mom and just have a glimpse of our little girl whom I miss so much already.
After chatting with my mom, we had breakfast (which was also included in our hotel package). We left the hotel around 10 AM to go to Schonbrunn Palace. We arrived around 11 AM and then we lined up for an hour to buy tickets to enter the palace. We got the Classic Pass Light (Euro 15 per person) which includes entrance to the Palace, the Privy Garden, the Gloriette with viewing terrace and the Maze and the Labyrinth.
We had lunch first at the small shop near the palace entrance while waiting for our turn to enter the palace. The tour of the palace includes tour of the 40 rooms of the state rooms, private apartments and the 18th century interiors from the time of Maria Theresa. Too bad they don’t allow taking of pictures while on tour but it was the most extravagant and amazing palace I have ever seen so far.
After the grand tour of the palace, we check out the Privy Garden then we hike up to the Gloriette. We had a photo shoot in the garden and in the fountain on our way up. Then we had snack in the shop near the entrance to the maze before exploring and getting lost in the maze and labyrinth.
It was already 6 PM when we are finish with the tour. Glad that I did not take the Gold pass which entitles us to visit 5 destinations because we don’t have time anyways to visit the other attractions as it is near closing time already. We explored the park after and had a photo shoot in the garden near the Palm House. We also saw the zoo inside the palace grounds and it looks really big. We checked out the shop for souvenirs for Bela as she is just crazy about animal toys but we did not find anything interesting (or maybe we find the price so expensive. LOL).
We took the metro again and we went to check out St. Charles church as it is in the list of my Top 10 Places to visit (which I got from Trip Advisor). Then we had dinner at KFC in Westbahnhof where we saw a lot of Filipinos eating because they offer rice in their menu. LOL.
After dinner, we took the metro again to go back to our hotel and call it a day.
After chatting with my mom, we had breakfast (which was also included in our hotel package). We left the hotel around 10 AM to go to Schonbrunn Palace. We arrived around 11 AM and then we lined up for an hour to buy tickets to enter the palace. We got the Classic Pass Light (Euro 15 per person) which includes entrance to the Palace, the Privy Garden, the Gloriette with viewing terrace and the Maze and the Labyrinth.
We had lunch first at the small shop near the palace entrance while waiting for our turn to enter the palace. The tour of the palace includes tour of the 40 rooms of the state rooms, private apartments and the 18th century interiors from the time of Maria Theresa. Too bad they don’t allow taking of pictures while on tour but it was the most extravagant and amazing palace I have ever seen so far.
After the grand tour of the palace, we check out the Privy Garden then we hike up to the Gloriette. We had a photo shoot in the garden and in the fountain on our way up. Then we had snack in the shop near the entrance to the maze before exploring and getting lost in the maze and labyrinth.
It was already 6 PM when we are finish with the tour. Glad that I did not take the Gold pass which entitles us to visit 5 destinations because we don’t have time anyways to visit the other attractions as it is near closing time already. We explored the park after and had a photo shoot in the garden near the Palm House. We also saw the zoo inside the palace grounds and it looks really big. We checked out the shop for souvenirs for Bela as she is just crazy about animal toys but we did not find anything interesting (or maybe we find the price so expensive. LOL).
We took the metro again and we went to check out St. Charles church as it is in the list of my Top 10 Places to visit (which I got from Trip Advisor). Then we had dinner at KFC in Westbahnhof where we saw a lot of Filipinos eating because they offer rice in their menu. LOL.
After dinner, we took the metro again to go back to our hotel and call it a day.
You can check out more pictures here.
