My last day was a busy day! There was so much to do and so very little time left... I guess that means I will be returning to Vienna. Vienna is definitely on my list of places that I would go back to over and over.
My day started out early with me returning to the Stephansdom cathedral. I took the tiny elevator up the north tower to see the city and the beautiful tiled room. The cathedral while beautiful was by far the most expensive church of cathedral I've visited so I skipped on the tour of the cathedral, the catacombs, the south tower, and the treasury (which would have cost €24!)
One thing I realized on this trip as I climbed outside stairs to the spire of Our Saviour Church, rode in a wobbly cabin at the Prater ferris wheel, climbed scaffolding to the top of the dome at Karlskirche, and walked grate pathways on top the north tower at Stephensdome, I am certainly not afraid of heights!
Just outside Stephansdom is one of the main shopping areas in Vienna. So, I was shoe shopping once again. I swear this is the land of sensible shoes... I'm not sure if I was just looking in the wrong places but seriously it's shoe upon shoe of low heel black pumps! But I found a rebel store... Well a store that and a section at the back of great shoes so I got a great pair of beige, brown and gold wonder shoes! They are from England but they will still be my Austria shoes. I also got Smith some super cute outfits; he is going to be Euro styling for sure!
After a quick stop back at my hotel to drop off my packages I was off to Naschmarkt for lunch. I thought it would be far more "market" but sadly it turned out to be more restaurants than anything... At the very end there were some market stalls which were quite neat. One thing I noticed is that there are a lot of different cuisines in Vienna so I've been trying a bit of each and at the market I decided to try a Shwarma. So first off they don't use the pita we know they use a focaccia like bread that is cut in half and then filled with Shwarama items. But no garlic! I know, I made the same face! Instead of garlic they put yogurt and chili flakes, still very good but I missed the garlic! Should be interesting to compare the Shwarma in Jordan when I go next month.
I ate and walked to MUMOK, the modern art museums in the museum quarter. Unfortunately the permanent exhibits were closed as they were changing them. So for a reduced price I was able to see the lower floors which were... well... Interesting. I'm not a huge fan of video art (and there was a lot) overall I would love to go back and see it all. I think the most interesting was a video of an artist that repainted a room everyday going through the colours of the rainbow.
I then jumped on the subway, then a bus and headed to outskirts of the city where grapes for wine are grown. I visited this great Heurigen (wine tavern) where I had a great glass of red wine (Blauburgunder 2009) and fabulous autumn pumpkin soup. Not bad selections for someone who couldn't read the German menu!
I hurried back to get ready for the opera! I saw Elektra at the Staatsoper; it was amazing! And most interesting one of my fellow box viewers was not 30+ years my senior. We got to talking and he's from Toronto. Overlooking the fact that he's a TML fan, we went for a slice of Sachetorte and some delicious Austrian dessert wine. The cake was very good (but not as good as my mom's!)
Then it was back to my hotel to pack and sleep. I've now waiting at the airport for my journey home to begin. This vacation went by way too fast!
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