Quinoa or Cous Cous (I forget which this was) but I loved it
Quite a nutty spread of toppings
A lot of yogurts, which I never got around to tasting
Breads of all sizes, shapes and sugar content
Muesli constituents
I loved this pudding as well
View from the back of the tram
Tram hospital
Never thought much about intersecting tram lines
We were getting close to Schloss Schonbrunn
Canal for water; don't know the use of this, as this definitely didn't appear to be sewer water - any ideas?
Flowers in the garden near the castle
Statues ...
... in different poses
Not sure if this housed a fountain, but none was in operation here
View of the castle from the top of (and behind) that structure
The structure with the restaurant on the little hill
View of the castle from halfway up the hill
Statues near the restaurant
Building looks quite big when viewed from up close
Another close-up view
Looking back at Schloss Schonbrunn
These avenues reminded me of similar ones at Versailles, which had way taller trees, if I recall correctly
More views of the gardens as we walked back
More statues and tree lined avenues
Wide angle of the garden
Statue in a different pose
Little garden right behind the palace - right ...
... and left
Some folks got carted around :-)
My railfanning spot near the castle - these trains were quite frequent, like one every five minutes or so
Traffic outside the castle gates (some of the cars are parked)
A view of the inside of the tram
The passing cityscape from the tram
This little old (abandoned?) church is near Westbahnhof
We got a few goodies from here
.... it was supposedly one of the better chains. We didn't have time to visit the top ones
Inside the St Stephen's Cathedral
More views of the cathedral from the inside ...
... and the outside
The long walk from the subway station (Sudtiroler Platz) to Wien Hauptbahnhof
The place we stayed at the first night - would have been a railfan's delight had we got an upper floor room facing the train station *shrug*
Loved the unique shape of some of these buildings - an architect's delight?
My to go lunch from this Indian fusion food place - Chutney's - was not bad at all. Here we have some fried rice with palak paneer (spinach and Indian milk based "tofu") topped with some yogurt and chillies (for extra spice, as desired)
The Austrian countryside rolls by as our train departs from Vienna towards Leoben
Some of the views are reminiscent of Switzerland, which is not too far-fetched a thought, given that Switzerland is the neighbouring country to the west (I firmly believe that the primary difference in the two countries - as far as natural beauty is concerned - is that the Swiss are better salespeople)
Beautiful little town ...
... as we chug along...
... until we reached the full stop that was Bischofshofen
Some other passengers from our train (or the train before) "commandeering" a van to get to their destination post haste!
And we are finally at Salzburg Hauptbahnhof!!
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