The Vienna Woods...
They surround Vienna on 3 sides, the north, south and west. The Danube is to the east. Viennese escape the concrete jungle of the city to wander, picnic, and chill out. On a gray,cool day (is there any other kind in this area?) we took a tram to the end station and found some nice trails. It was good.
Look like a Klimt painting almost,"The Beech Woods".
Happy boys.
The trail.
Smile, Jack.
I am smiling...
Really.
Later in the week we took the boys to the Belvedere to see Klimt's "The Kiss", among a jillion other great artworks. No pics allowed, but we did have a nice view from the museum of the Inner City...
The Stephansdom, from the Belvedere. It really towers above the rest of the city. Most buildings in Vienna are only 5 stories.... The small mountain in the background is the Kahlenberg, where the the Polish King allied with the Austrians to finally defeat the Turks in 1683, who had troubled Vienna for 300 years. But hey, at least they introduced, coffee and drums and cymbals... A small price to pay...
A view of the grounds of the Belvedere from the Upper Belvedere. Visible at the bottom center is the Lower Belvedere, Stephansdom on the left and Salesianerkirche on the right.
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