Vienna

Vienna is such a nice city and place to be in, especially the old city which is is really beautiful with all its old, historic buildings and big churches.

When we arrived at the station, we were picked up by Claudia, Mum's 2nd cousin ( our grandmother's cousin's daughter) and her husband, Ernst. They drove us to our youth hostel where we checked in and dumped our packs. We then had a quick lunch at a Schnitzel House (an Austrian/German version of McDonalds) before going to see our great grandmother's sister, who is 94 years old. She was very energetic and excited to see us. We had some cake and drinks at a cafe in her flat/retirement village. We also saw Thomas, Christal's nephew.

After this we were taken on a night tour of the Old City, including Saint Stephansdom, the main church in Vienna. After this we went to the Kriskringle Markets. These were spectacular and had heaps of stalls selling almost anything.

Sunday morning we went ice skating in an open rink on top of a building. This was really fun for all, but Gemma particularly liked it. We then went for a tram ride around the Old City, looking at a lot of the old and important buildings.

We are currently staying in a small lakeside town called Altmunster, which is near Salzburg. We were going to stay in a town called Ebensee until we realized
that it was the biggest Nazi concentration camp in Austria.

Tomorrow we hope to either go to Salzburg or go tobogganing.

Posted at 7:59

P.S. Here are some photos of the mirror maze in Luzern.