It turns out that our bike trip is not quite over - we're still in the same hotel every night, but everywhere Peter and I go, we go on bikes. The bike system here in the city is very well developed. You still have to really keep your eyes open, of course, because there's cars and pedestrians all over the place, but there are some major roads that have marked, painted bike lanes, even with bike traffic lights.
The museum area looked a little shabby. The grounds were very unkempt. Peter wasn't that interested in the exhibits (an extensive Egyptian collection, and lots of paintings from the 1500s that I really enjoyed - lots of Bruegels).
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| Looking towards the Naturhistorisches Museum |
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| Inside the very ornate Kunsthistorisches Museum |
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| Enjoying an Almdudler (herbal soda) inside the cafe. Double the price it is normally, but worth it for the setting. Very hot in the building, though. |
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| Peter mostly read while I looked at the exhibits |
We hung out at the hotel for a bit, then went to the swimming pool Stadionbad. That was an experience. It looks like it was built many years ago, but then not maintained. There were absolutely HUGE grounds - it took a long time to walk from the entrance to the actual pool. Everything was weird and desolate looking. The supposed wave pool was not operational, the slides were barely functional. Weeds were everywhere, and there were 2 security guys walking around in camo shorts and gray t-shirts with walkie-talkies. I'll bet they've had some crime issues there.
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| View from our hotel room |
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| View from hotel room - other side |
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| Biking down the extremely wide main alley in the Prater area |
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| At the Stadionbad |
Then we went to the amusement park area - around the Prater. We ate there (I had what I thought would be a little slice of bread with cheese - it ended up being HUGE, Peter had a kids Wiener Schnitzel), then Peter convinced me to go up on a ride. I'm not big on amusement park rides anymore, but this one was actually really nice - it got up really high, with a nice view of the city. Too short, though!
Then of course we stopped at the playground. Good thing I always bring my Kindle with, because we spend lots of time there. Peter, as usual, got material for the standard "there was this really annoying kid" story.
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| The ride we went on |
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| Anticipation! |
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| Peter went on another ride, with money he found in grocery carts |
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| This piece of playground equipment was interesting - like a merry-go-round that you wind up |
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