May 15, 2011 - Day 1 in Vienna

Lovely day today....cool but sunny.  Bus to Vienna from the boat left at 9:30 AM with a drive-by condensed tour of the city.  The most wonderful old buildings (Opera House, of course....every city seems to have one, as well as very old municipal buildings and palaces as well as churches and museums...)  the architecture is breath taking.  We toured the Silver Chamber and Porcelein collections of the Hufberg Palace and then had free time to continue to explore this wonderful city.  We had lunch at the Mozart Cafe in the Sacher Hotel (a variety of sausages and Vienerschnizel) and beer with friends Don and Carol.  Service was excellent, prices were reasonable and the food and ambiance were terrific.  Carol and I had some retail therapy as we strolled down one of the major shopping 'strasses', then we returned to the boat for naps before dressing for an Imperial Viennese evening with dinner and musical entertainment at Palais Pallavicini.
Pictures of our first day in Vienna
Dinner at the Palais Pallavicini pictures.