In Vienna - World War II towers, and the Kaernterstrasse pedestrian zone again

This mornings destination was the Augarten park, where there are 2 well-preserved World War II anti-aircraft towers. Very interesting there were no signs or anything, I had to look up details online. Seeing WWII historical artifacts (as opposed to earlier ones, like from the 1700's, etc., also very abundant here) feels much more real and immediate - partly, of course, because it's so recent, and partly because my mother lived here during the war.

Here's a few pictures of the towers.

Later on, we biked around the Prater area again. I just love that huge  "Hauptallee", which is the main "street" in that park (only maintenance vehicles are allowed on it). It's really wide, tree-lined, and incredibly long, with all kinds of sporting facilities on it (the swimming pool we went to is along the Hauptallee). It seems like it could be boring if you're just walking on it - it's VERY straight - but biking is just the right speed for that kind of road.

The giant ferris wheel

Doing baby stroller exercises (squat/walking) in the park. The leader was speaking American English

This lady ended up cleaning trash right underneath these passed out drunks

After lunch (sandwiches at the hotel, with the good rye bread) and a rest, we went to the Stephansdom area again. Last time we were there, a church service was going on, and we couldn't go in very much. Well, this time there was no church service, but the church is still very much closed off - you can go in certain areas, but for much of it, you have to buy a ticket.

A better shot of the Stephansdom

The "Stock in eisen" - an old tree trunk into which people drove nails, for luck

I have to say - I'm not so fond of Google maps, after trying to navigate around downtown Vienna. I was going in circles, and the street names were nowhere to be found on Google maps, so I had no way of really knowing where I was (I didn't trust their location marker). But then  luckily I switched to the OMSAnd app, and figured out exactly where I needed to go immediately. OMSAnd has it's flaws, but it does the basics well.