Jew forced to scrub anti-Nazi graffiti with a brush

Albertina Museum - may catch on the flip side when we return for the cruise.

St. Stephans - built in 13th century on site of a Roman pagan worship site. Mozart married here.

Stephansplatz (see reflection of St. Stephans)

Maria Pócs Icon - said to have wept real tears in 1697 when Turks were coming.

North Tower never completed because the Turks were coming

Holy Trinity Plague Column - built by Emperor Leopold I (pictured on knees) 1679.

Hofburg Imperial Palace gate. Note Roman ruins in front.

1st "real" day in Vienna

March 3 in Austria ⋅ 🌙 52 °F

Ok...don't judge us...19 hours of recovery in sleep; I have never done that in my life! But it made us time-adjusted and rested. (In all fairness, we were catching up on multiple sleep-little nights; I don't know how my brother does this. 😴)

Did the Rick Steves' walks all day and relived all the beautiful places we saw 3 years ago. (See captions on pics for interesting factoids.) And OF COURSE had to have gelato! (After 2 stops that were closed.) Sweet hubby went with Wendy to fix my sweet tooth; shop owner wanted to know if we were Americans; he was not a fan of our president.Read more