One Dec 31 we attended the spectacular Kaiserball !

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Nan at the Schonbrunn Palace greenhouse.                           Gary and Nan inside the greenhouse.
Maybe in another 100 stock splits we will build one like this.                       

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Nan at the Schonbrunn Zoo...built in 1752.            Gary at the cafe Gulasch Museum...I was in heaven!!!
                                                                             If you like Gulasch this is a must while in Vienna.

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Nan at the Vienna New Year's Market beside City Hall.  This was
another opportunity for a Gluhwein.  I managed to get Nan addicted
to the Gluhwein (hot red wine with cinnamon, water, cloves, sugar,
and lemon).  It is pretty easy to find Gluhwein during the winter months
in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland....I think we had one at least
every other night.

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After visiting the Schonbrunn Zoo we found a locals restaurant.      Just coming back to the hotel after a concert in
The very polite waiter said their special is a platter with a little         the Orangerie at the Schonbrunn Palace.
of everything they make...and as you can tell from the picture
above...he was not kidding!  THIS is my type of dinner!

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This amazing cafe used to be the                 I think you would be hard pressed to wander around Vienna and
greenhouse of a palace in Vienna.               not bump into a palace of some sort.  I cannot remember which
The food was a little to "green" for              one this is...but it had a famous Gustav Klimt "and the Ladies"
my tastes.                                                  exhibit while we were there.

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While in Vienna we stayed at the Hotel Inter-Continental.  I highly recommend this hotel, we thoroughly enjoyed staying there.

Back to European Vacation 2000 and next stop...Salzburg!