Day-tripping (and freezing) in Vienna

It's strange being on a boat that is moored still, but all is well as a floating hotel. Our heater was not working last night so it was quite chilly while sleeping, and that extended into a cloudy, drizzly, freezing-wind day. We expected mid-50s per our weather apps, which were egregiously wrong; more like low 30s with wind chill.

But off we went to our Viator tour with Christina at Schönbrunn Palace. While so many places look alike, it was much better with a tour guide of whom you can ask questions. Of course so much that was the Habsburg Empire was "the best" of everything in the world during those years, but she did a great job. Schönbrunn was the Habsburgs Summer palace (vs. the Hofburg Palaces in town) and modeled after Versailles, but much smaller and 100 years later.

Shuffled back to the boat and took an SPU conference call and then an early dinner. We've about seen all there is to Vienna, but have two more museums tomorrow, and a stop at the opera to see about my refund.Read more