second day in vienna... went to the augustinerkirche in the morning, the church where sisi and franz joseph was married, as well as the nationalbibliothek (meaning national library :) I want the live in the library!!! Its the perfect scholar's study...
strolled along Graben and Kartner Strasse in the afternoon, fashionable shopping streets of Vienna and had several bite sized sandwiches of various toppings for lunch. saw a economical japanese restaurant.. and couldn't resist...
visited the Stephansdom again for a closer look at its interior and climbed up the south spire for a aerial view of vienna and to walk off the lunch :) I love the churches... such fascinating pieces of history and amazing architecture and all free ;p although the towers' steep spiral steps attempts murder with every step.
went to Hotel Sacher for the "original" sachertorte (I'm such a sucker for original) before visiting the Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera House). P's very happy today because of the variety of foods we tried today ;p
The highlight of today is Karlskirche, a beautiful mint and white dome church with towers and oriental-style columns. Its so special because it is the only church complete with a glass elevator that sends you all the way up to the top of the dome to see the wall murals and the cupola frescos up close! Even P was impressed (and that's hard to achieve!). Its slightly frightening when you'll all the way at the top, right at the tip of the dome. the wooden flooring suddenly seem quite flimsy and Karlskirche is the tallest Baroque Church in Vienna! But its definitely worth it for the beautiful frescos, done mostly in pastels, depicting angels and other biblical stories...
dinner's at Naschmarkt, a lively market selling everything from flowers, produce to restaurants.
We went home via the Karlplatz pavillion subway station, one of the prettiest subway entrance we've seen, with sunflower gilt motifs on patina-green copper roofs, matching Karlskirche perfectly :)
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