Vienna

As i mentioned, I spent almost all of November traveling. In the middle of the month I had to be in Vienna on a Wednesday and Thursday, so we decided to fly Diana in and stay a couple of extra days.

I'd never spent much time in Vienna, literally less than 24 hours. Of course the city has a tremendous history, but it was an interesting mixture of old and new. Much of it was very modern surrounding the historical buildings.

While we were there, Vienna was just opening up their Christmas markets. There were several of them around the city. German Christmas markets are lovely places and great for getting into the mood of the season. We were fortunate enough that on our last day, it was snowing while we were in the markets, really making the season seem right. Then, we almost got stranded there by the snowstorm!

We went to see the Lipizzaner stallions show at the Spanish riding school. This is their home turf and they are awesome animals. I could only take photos before and after the show, they were very serious about no pictures during the performance, even without flash. Still, you get a nice look at the building they perform in.

It was very cold while we were there, and has stayed cold ever since. You'll even notice in one of the pictures that the horse had ear coverings. Some things were a bit tough to do due to the cold, so if the outdoor pictures are shivery, that's why :)