Vienna Day Part 1

The day started foggy abut the sun soon broke through to give a clear sunny and relatively mild day. We went straight by U-bahn to Prata - their main entertainment area with the big wheel. We then walked back into the City to St Stephan's Cathedral. We very much enjoyed a trip to Stadt Park with all the statues including Johann Strauss and Beethoven. We travelled by train to Schonbrunn Palace - this was too crowded for us but a few snaps before walking back into the City past the Technisches Museum and a welcome lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant!

Transport in Vienna

For our one full day in Vienna, we purchased a 24 hour travel card and made full use of it on the U-bahn. It also covered the tram and bus system but, unfortunately not the horse-drawn carriages. There are still some original stations in their architecture as well as very modern ones and, similarly, still some old style trams - apparently very uncomfortable with wooden seats.

St Stephan's Square Vienna Sunday 27th December 2015

First Evening in Vienna

We arrived at the hotel in time for a stroll down Mariatheresa Strasse to the MT Square, Parliament building,  Hofberg Palace and St Stephan's Cathedral. This was mainly to get our bearings for the next day's visit to the City but a few images from the walk. These are all jpeg conversions done in camera from the Raw - the XT-10 has software built in that allows highlight, shadow, white balance etc control for building the jpeg.

Prague Hauptbahnhof

We left Prague on Boxing Day morning from the wonderfully restored Hauptbahnhof heading for Vienna. The main concourse with all the electronic timetables and multitude of shops is downstairs while the main entrance has been restored to its former glory

Afternoon Light in Prague

The clouds began to break towards sunset so first a few images using 10-stop neutral density filter to get cloud movement and still reflections and one straight reflection shot. I then walked up to the Castle for views of the City as the lights came on. Final images of the Christmas market stall by the Castle and some penguins looking distinctly yellow in the unseasonably warm weather.