Viennese Beauty

On Saturday, Travis and I were fortunate enough to take a trip to Vienna which is about 2 hours South of Prostejov.  I've been wanting to go there for the past 4 months and have been bugging Travis about going every time he has had a day off, but it had just never worked out for one reason or another until now.  I am so glad we were able to go because it was absolutely beautiful.  We were lucky to have perfect sunny weather, so we walked around the city ALL afternoon.

St. John's Cathedral

Every building and park was more beautiful than the next.  I kept telling Travis that we should move to Vienna because I was so amazed at how gorgeous a city it is.  There were cute little outdoor cafes lining the city center streets.  It has a very cute and artsy European feel but with big city bustle, which was very charming.

Vienna City Center

After walking around the city all day, we took a nice break to enjoy some Austrian cake, pastries and coffee at Aida cafe and then went to the Schonbrunn Palace, which was the most beautiful place I may have ever seen.  The pictures don't do it justice.  

The palace ground and gardens were so big that we probably could have spent all day just exploring.  But we were able to see the main parts.  

We trekked it up to the monument at the top of the hill that overlooks the entire city.  It was breathtaking.

And quite romantic

After leaving the Palace we were so incredibly exhausted.  We wandered around trying to find some place to eat, but there was not much around.  The first place we stumbled upon was a Chinese restaurant, so we figured what the heck.  We were hoping to find a typical Austrian restaurant, but there was no way our legs were going to take us any further, so we settled with Chinese.  We were the only people in the restaurant other than the family working and the menu was completely in German.  We ended up just taking a guess on what to order, since no one spoke English or Czech in the place.  

Travis wasn't too happy about it, but I thought it wasn't half bad.  I was just glad we had guessed chicken dishes and not something made from cat!!!  

I'm so glad we were able to experience Vienna, it was definitely a little adventure for us.

If you ever have the opportunity to go to Vienna I HIGHLY recommend it!