Salzburg
We had a chance to roam around old Salzburg today. We had coffee and cake-strudel at a 300-year old coffee shop on the balcony with a view of the townsquare below. There's a tremendous amount of Mozart history here since this was his hometown. Al & I both highly recommend Salzburg.
Car Mileage: 5000 miles @ 10 west of Melk, Austria
Schonbrunn Palace/Schloss Schobrunn
An icon that personifies the former Austria-Hungarian Empire...
We saw a beautiful palace today in Vienna that rivals Versailles. 
It's immacu- lately maintained and the grounds are incredible. Locke & I had fun walking, wondering, playing hide & seek and getting wickedly lost in the extensive maze/labyrinth!
This is a must visit if European palaces are your passion. During Europe's apex of colonial power,
Schloss Schonbrunn was Austria-Hungary's response to the Palace of Versailles that we visited in France a couple of weeks back. One thing the Austrians manage to do better than the French...the complete restoration of the interior to include place settings at the dinner table when the king and queen sat down for a royal meal. Simply an amazing and breathtaking site.Vienna/Wien
Tonight the restaurant Al & I wanted to go to was closed for renovation but we headed to the St Stephan's Square area where lots of people were strolling around and we had dinner out on the patio topped off with a huge ice cream sundae for me. They do enjoy their ice cream here! They also have a strange propensity, here and in Germany, for brightly colored tennis shoes and brightly colored red hair (as in Rit dye red).
Longing to go home...
Though we had a wonderful trip thus far, Locke and I agreed that we were ready to go home. Part of it was our 4 weeks away from home, and a part of it was living in different hotels every night. Though we enjoyed the vacation, it was also a welcome relief to know that we'd be going home in a couple of days.
-- Al & Locke
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