Some days are just better than others and today was one of those days. Three desserts in one day and they were all low calorie. Dessert #1 was at the Sacher Tort Café. They have a famous café, hotel and cake that is simply explained as chocolate cake with some apricot jam, chocolate frosting and whipped cream. Val ordered it and I got a white hot chocolate with some sort of biscuit. They were good and the place was fancy but not too intimidating for a couple of hicks like us. Dessert #2 came at some place by Stephansdom Cathedral and mine was some sort or custard cream layered pastry thing and Val got a “apricot custard delight” both were excellent and I got a dainty cup of hot chocolate in a fancy cup.
Dessert #3 came after dinner and was something that looked like cheese cake but was made out of what we think was creamed cheese and whipped cream with a shortbread crust. It was delicious also. We walked plenty to make up for the added calories today.
On the tram ride in to town I was thinking to myself how much fun I could be if I had a ton of money. I could do this and bring friends along almost any time. Then I wondered if it would still be fun if you could do it all the time. Then I got sidetracked with the incredible beauty of the day and never got back to the question and now it seems pointless. Oh well.
The sun was out and it was brisk but not cold today. We say some incredible sights inside and out. The Albertina Museum had a impressionist display that was magnificent. All the painters I like and not too many I don’t. Can’t name them all but Monet, Manet, Chagall, Munch, Cezanne, Renoir, Degas, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Sisley and they had some cool modern art too. Then we went to Stephansdom Cathedral and it was spectacular inside and out.
We were able to visit the Kunsthistorisches Museum (great names they have over here and easy to pronounce too, aren’t they Dara?). It has lots of stuff but val wanted to see the really old paintings I hate. The building was incredible and they were getting ready to shoot some sort of movie or film. We went and looked at the Arcimboldos together then I sat down in a comfy spot and mapped out the rest of our evening. Vals was so thrilled to ditch me that she wasn’t able to make it back to me at closing. They shooed me out and as I came down the grand marble staircase with all the stage lights on and ballet dancers practicing Val was at the bottom of the stairs giggling. Mary, you should have come, you would have been able to hang around the set and meet famous people and who knows how your evening might have ended.
We went back through the downtown area and the lights of the buildings and the Christmas lights were absolutely amazing. I love that kind of stuff and was really enjoying the moment. The camera battery went out so we didn’t get any pictures but maybe we can make it back there again one of the next two nights for some photos.
At the end of the night we stopped off at what amounts to the local 7-11 with a small twist. It has a gas station and convenience store stuff but it also has a bar in it that is apparently frequented by a group of old men that I would guess are regulars. They rarely seem happy that anyone is getting gas or trying to buy some milk and complain to the one person manning the whole place. It’s kind of comedic but the whole place is a little seedy and all I am interested in is getting some milk and getting on my way without getting into a fight that Val might not be able to get me out of.
P.S. Sorry about the shitty Christmas Dara and Alec but we spent too much money on this trip to do much for you guys this year.
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