Val’s special find

Not me. I am pretty special but not in such a good way.

Gary started this yesterday – but is watching football and updating his fantasy leagues – bless him – so you are stuck with me.

Yesterday we started the day at the Imperial Treasury – in a palace once housing the Hofburgs. My crow eye for all that glitters and sparkles was rolling about every way and I flapped my crow wings in excitement and hopped all about the place. We viewed exquisite jewels, robes, crowns, scepters—trinkets as Alec calls them. We even saw a jeweled cradle and receiving blanket fitting for the coming attraction to our family, Little Yoyo.

From here we walked to the chocolate palace – Dremels – that is touted to have incredible chocolate displays – we didn’t see displays but we did see incredible pastries. The place was jammin’ and elbow-to-elbow with tourists so we went out for a sausage and Gluwein from a street vendor instead. Gluwein is a hot mulled wine drink that makes me such a jolly traveler!

We wove around the core of Vienna to the edge where we found our destination: Dominikanerkirche (dates from 1630). Of all the churches we have visited, this is the one I have fallen in love with. It is small and the outside is rather plain but the inside detail is jawdropping. After all the crowds of Vienna this was an amazing change – at most there were 10 other people inside of this church. We had time to sit and look and look and wonder. Lit a candle for Grandma Cecelia Rose.

It was hard to tear away but we left to find our way to Belvedere Palace. We took a few wrong turns but that is always part of the adventure and the more you walk, the more you get to eat! The Belvedere is another incredible museum with a large Klimt collection. If stripped of artwork the museums would still be worth viewing.