W weekend jechaliśmy do Wiedniu!

That might be correct...it's supposed to say "We went to Vienna for the weekend!" We left Thursday evening and arrived back in Krakow late last night (Sunday night). I'll write about the trip in another post, but it took so long to upload pictures tonight that I'm just going to write some short captions and leave the rest for later.




Mostly Catholic country = Easter stuff everywhere, though it didn't seem as commercialized as in the US. I thought these bunny candles were super cute.









The hungry hungry caterpillar in German! One of my favorite children's books. Apparently it's his 40th anniversary?











Really cool arty thing in a wall.
















Stephansdom (I think I'm remembering the name right) at night on Friday.















The Vienna opera house at night (Friday).













Holocaust commemoration, I think (I saw so many things it's hard to keep straight what was what).


















Chris and I in one corner of Heldenplatz...this is my new favorite picture of us. :)











Another shot of Heldenplatz with Rachel, Brad, and Chris.













The Hofburg Theater.













Hmm, I completely forget what this is... I'll have to check with Chris.












Arched thing on top of the high hill in the middle of the park at Schloss Schonbrunn.












View from the arched thing toward the palace (Schloss Schonbrunn) with a fantastic view of the city.

Another shot of the palace from halfway up the hill to the arched thing.

Fountain at the foot of the hill with the arched thing on top. I was in that black arch in the center when I took the previous picture.

Closer shot of the palace, which was a surprisingly plain building, with Chris in foreground.

View from one corner of the palace. Open lawns/gardens leading to the fountain and hill at the far end.

Near the entrance to the palace park. The conservatory belongs to the zoo that exists on the palace grounds. I liked being able to see the garden designs in the dirt. I guess they've planted bulbs or will be planting flowers in the coming weeks?

Inside the Central Cafe where all sorts of famous historical people used to eat. The guy on the left is another Chris and another Swarthmore student studying in Vienna this semester. Both Chris's were a little embarrassed by my tourist-ness since they actually live there. :)

The Hofburg.

The Vienna opera house during the day (Sunday).

The Secession building. Yes, it has a moustache.

Karlskirche. The guy in red in front of it is Chris S. and the one sitting down in black is Chris R.

Pretty building!

Vienna concert house.

One of the many versions of the Danube wending their way through the city. We established that this was a canal, but the Chris's didn't know which one.