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I flew in and out of Vienna, to attend a conference in Brno, Czechia,
which was 2 hours be bus from the Vienna airport.  After the conference,
I spent 2.5 days, from the afternoon of Sunday, April 6, 2025 through
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 as a tourist, and then flew back Wednesday morning
(literally traveling about 24 hours, a tram, a train to the airport, 
3 flights, some long-ish layovers, and a 1 hour drive from the airport
to get back home.
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I only had a small amount of time to get a sense of this amazing,
ancient, modern city.  So I did the best I could.  I also had a 
light cold, which reduced my energy level a little.  And at times 
it was a bit cold and windy.  But there was nice weather too.
I hadn't made a lot of plans, since there was <i>so</i> much in Vienna
to see.  So I explored the area near where I was staying, walked to the
Blue Danube (I know "blue" is not actually part of its name), and explored
the old town area near Stephensplatz, the area around the massive 
St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom).  The Prater is an amuement part
that was a couple blocks from my hotel.  I wandered around there one
night among the lights and rides.
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001-DSC_9936-header: The Blue Danube
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001-DSC_9936: Tegetthoff memorial memorial at the Praterstern station.
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014-DSC_9972: Yup, that's German for &quot;I am the terror that
flaps in the night!&quot;
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018-Vienna_International_Centre_Panorama1: The Vienna International Centre
(VIC) is one of the major UN sites (New York, Geneva, and Nairobi are the 
others).
019-DSC_9981: Odd blurry art on the side of one of the UN VIC buildings 
in Austria.


020-DSC_9994-header: The Prater Amusement Park
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023-Prater_Ferris_Wheel_Panorama1: Composite picture of the ferris wheel.
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027-DSC_0011: The ride cars briefly emerge from the dark on the bottom.
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030-DSC_0014: <i>Geisterbahn</i>, literally &quot;ghost train,&quot;
is an amusement park ride in the dark.
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033-DSC_0019: The <i>Extasy</i> ride (in the red zone) are groups of 4
cars that spin like a tire while it all rotates around a central hub.
In other words, a vomitron ride.
034-DSC_0020: The bumper cars weren't seeing much action that night.
035-DSC_0021: I thought the colored balls of light in the trees looked cool.


036-DSC_0023-header: Vienna at Night
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045-st_stephens_cathedral_Panorama1-header: St. Stephens Cathedral
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046-DSC_0069: Nice stained glass windows in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.
047-DSC_0070: To be honest, the windows aren't super intricate, 
but they're also quite old.
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049-DSC_0072: A small concert/performance was just ending.  The stained
glass windows here <i>are</i> way more intricate and impressive, as is
the ornamentation on the support column on the left.
050-DSC_0073: A view of the ceiling.
052-DSC_0075: People beyond where I was had paid or were members of 
the church or something.
053-DSC_0076: The folds in the clothing is quite impressive, 
<i>and it's stone</i>!
054-DSC_0077: More ornate columns.
055-DSC_0078: Another 'wing' off to the left side.
056-DSC_0079: A depiction of the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.
057-DSC_0080: Organ pipes at the back wall above the entrance.
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066-DSC_0100: Frank on the north tower of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.
067-DSC_0101: Frank on the north tower of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.
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070-cathedral_bell_Panorama1: A not-great composite image of the north tower
bell at St. Stephen's Cathedral.
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074-DSC_0119-header: Stephensplatz
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074-DSC_0119: 
It's the <s>w</s><a href="https://www.visitingvienna.com/sights/ankeruhr-anchor-clock/">Anker Clock</a>!  Didnt know what it was till now.
074a-DSC_0041: <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_im_Eisen">Stock Im Eisen</a></i> (Staff in Iron) supported by the 
muses of the wet tunic contest.  Actually, it's more complicated,
relates to people hammering nails into tree trunks, and part of that
trunk is behind glass in the corner of the building.
074b-Stephansplatz_Panorama1: 
074c-DSC_0054: I like the coyote slammed into a wall sticker on the back.
075-memorial_Panorama1: 
<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verm%C3%A4hlungsbrunnen">Vermählungsbrunnen</a> (Marriage Fountain).  The wiki page is in German.
076-DSC_0124: The curvy buildings, all about the same height, feels 
very European.  Or perhaps out of 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crimson_Permanent_Assurance">The Crimson Permanent Assurance</a>.
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079-DSC_0136: The color and cubical theme of my hotel room.  I took a
few afternoon naps, as I did have a light cold from the Brno.

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