Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Vienna to Haiger

On this day we said our goodbyes to Thomas and Mollie and their boys and returned to Botho's home in Haiger. 

Here I am, bonding with baby Daniel.


Two brothers, having some early morning fun


Thomas and Thad walk to work/school.  Sometimes Thad scoots.



 

St. Peter's Church in Vienna


Inside St. Peter's Church


The pipe organ


Names you've heard of, in Vienna






Marzipan wedding dress, life-size!


The winter palace


Cafe Central, where international figures have met for coffee and pastries for over a century.


Inside Cafe Central

Inside the pastry display case at Cafe Central


Two of the international figures.


Adolph Hitler spoke here to the mesmerized thousands.


Vienna city hall.  Somehow I didn't think of a city hall when I first saw it.


A cellist at the train stop.


You've heard of the blue Danube?  Here it is, or part of it.


Sod-roofed house, built in the center of extensive vineyards.  The vintners erect small shrines at the corners of their vineyards to invoke God's blessing on their crops.






Probably the most beautifully situated castle we saw.  It is known as Ruine Lichtenfels. 


Roadside structure, of unknown religious significance.


We saw around a dozen Maypoles as we drove through the Austrian countryside on May 8th.


Last look at the Alps in the distance before we turned north to return to Haiger


Typical Austrian village setting



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