Vienna

We got on an overnight train to Vienna. It was so so hot! The air conditioner on our train was broken. We had to be on there for 12 hours with no air! I thought that I was going to die. We started by sitting outside our room on the floor in the hallway. It still wasn't much better and I played a game on my ipod to get my mind off the heat. At about midnight we decided to go into our room and try and get some sleep. We were on the very top bunks with two Austrians and two Swedish girls under us in the four other beds in our room. It was very tight quarters. We got a little sleep and woke up in the morning to talk to the Austrians that were still on the train. They were very nice and also didn't get much sleep. I am so glad that is over!

We went to check into our hotel to find that we had planned eight days in the week. We had to pay for an extra day, but the good news was we didn't have to wait until three to get in our room, we could get straight in and take a shower. I only had to pay 40 euros for a shower for both of us for the extra night. Believe me I would have paid over 100 euros if I had to. It felt so good to get into different clothes and get the sweat off my body. Then we were off to see Vienna! 

Schoenbrunn Palace 

Schoenbrunn Fountain 

These were really funny trees. Look how they were shaped. 

In front of Schoenbrunn Palace 

The Schoenbrunn Zoo. This is the oldest zoo in Austria. They had

such cool animals. We never get to the zoo in Utah so we decided

it go while we were in Europe. We got there just in time for the feeding 

of the pandas. 

Elephants are my favorite.

Hundert Wasser Haus. I don't know why but I was really excited for this

 the whole trip. We tried to see one similar to it in Geneva, but David told us 

that it would be stupid.  I would love to live here. 

This was in Prater Amusement Park. These are even better than

the crazy rides in Las Vegas. 

Prater Ferris Wheel. The only one in Europe that survived the war. 

Vienna Rathaus 

Street entertainment during dinner. 

I love apple strudel 

St. Peter's church

Finally our own room! No crazy roommates. 

Venice

Then we were off to Venice. We took a late night train and got in around midnight. Lucky, Whit had a friend that could come and pick us up. She is there for the military and lives about an hour outside Venice. We were just happy to see them. We needed some sleep and a nice clean shower after sweating all day in Rome. We had a relaxing night just sitting and talking and tried to get some sleep before the morning came.

We took a train into Venice and started seeing all the sights. We had a lot of see and only a day to do it. I had heard so much about Venice and wanted to see what it was actually like. Who can believe that there is a city that is under water that has no roads so they use boats for transportation? I now believe that it is true.

This is the Bridge of Sighs. It is the last daylight that the prisoners 

would see before going to the dudgeon. 

Doge's Palace 

We took a taxi, once again it was a boat, to a different island so 

that we could see the glass blowing. 

Pulling into the island called Murano.  This is where we said goodbye to Whitney.
It was so much fun to have her with us. 

Murano Glass Blowing. We head that it was really cool before we left

and kept looking until we found it. It was in the back of an alley way and 

we just happened to walk up the right street. 

Doge's Palace from the water. 

Inside Doge's Palace 

Bridge of Sighs from the inside. 

I heard that there are only four of these that exist in the world. It is a bridge

that has stores on each side. That is my kind of shopping!

This is what it looked like from on top.