When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?

Vienna was definitely the biggest city of the three. It had GREAT shopping too. But due to the non-existent space in my backpack I had zero room to bring home any new clothes. We arrived on Tuesday morning around noon. The first day there we went to the the St. Stephan's Cathedral and we climbed up the tower.  After that we did a little shopping. We met up with a group of people from U of I who are studying abroad in Vienna and they brought us to one of their favorite clubs called U4.

Inside the cathedral. (fake stained-glass lights)

We climbed up as high as we could, but that was only about half way!

The View from the tower. You can see one of the main shopping streets in downtown Vienna.

The next morning (Wednesday)we got up early (ish) and walked around the city some more. We went to the Hofburg palace (Hapsburgs). And then we went to the parliament building.

All of the girls in front of one of the buildings on the palace grounds 

Parliament Building

We passed a really cool plaza that had been converted into an ice arena with different lanes and rinks called Weiner Eistraum. We wanted to skate, but didn't end up doing it because it was like 15 dollars to rent and skate (not to mention that it was FREEZING).  However, they did have food stands that had a ton of great sausages and other Austrian food! After so much walking we wanted to go inside and warm up. 

Skating Lanes 

One of the rinks

We went to the famous Demel Cafe and chocolatier, founded in 1786! It was so cute inside. We all got a slice of cake and some coffee. There was a huge selection of different chocolate cakes.

Inside Demel Cafe

I got the truffeltort! It was a dark chocolate cake with mousse inside.  It had coco powder sprinkled on top. 

That night we went to The lower building of the Belvedere Museum. After we went to dinner at Salm Brau. We relaxed that night and in the morning (thursday) we went to the upper building of the Belvedere and saw paintings by Gustav Klimt (including 'The Kiss') It was a fantastic museum!

Upper building of the Belvedere Museum.

After we saw Mozart's house, went out to lunch and then went to the Freud Musem! It was so cool to see where they lived and worked. 

In Front of Mozart's house.

waiting room

welcome sign

quote on the wall

For our last night in Vienna we went to the most popular club called Praterdome. When you enter you are given a gift card/ credit card. All your purchases for the night go on the card, and you pay it off when you leave. Sneaky way for them to make more money than they normally would!!