Vienna (day 2)

We did not ride a train today!!! 

We got to sleep in and have a relaxed day around Vienna. 

Quick breakfast at a cafe near our hotel

Jackson wanted to get rental bikes and since they're all over the city, we did just that. It was not the best decision we've made. It turns out it is much easier to get lost when you're riding around on a bike! As we got away from our hotel area and rode along a river I asked Jackson why we'd ridden into the roughest neighborhood we'd seen on the trip. Whoops. We pedaled faster and ended up in a weirdo amusement park filled with families. Uh, not a place to be biking. We quickly made our way back to Old Town.

"Why are we in sketch-ville?"

Random, creepy amusement park...

Me: Smile and pose with your bike
Jackson: see above
HA!

Me: "Jackson, will you take one last photo
of me for my Mom so that when you get us killed
she will remember me?
Jackson: "Sure. Fair request."

We finally gave up on the bikes being a day-long adventure and returned them. We were thankful to have not gotten entirely lost, hit by some kind of vehicle or in a wreck with a pedestrian. It was quite the experience and I'm now unclear why they push the biking experience so much. Do they want injured tourist?! 

Happy boy with his wurst!

We decided that all that excitement had earned us lunch so we got Jackson a wurst (#89 or so of the trip) and I had "happy noodles" which were just Chinese noodles with chicken. I don't know why they're happy, but they were tasty! From there we spent a couple of hours just meandering around this city because there is just so much to see! 

The palace again

Fancy.

Again with getting a frozen treat because it is hot here and it is just what they do here! (Note: air conditioning just has not taken off here like it has at home!)

Oh man, they know ice cream! YUM!

We headed back to our hotel for a rest and just missed the quick afternoon rain shower. Hooray! We watched a movie called "EuroTrip" on Netflix because Jackson kept referencing it to me. It was silly as all get out.

Police action!

Someone thought it was warm and got caught going for a naked swim near our hotel. Hilarious!

Interesting cover up! HA!

We kept passing this pizza place that smelled amazing. It was ok, but the taste didn't match the smell!

Pizza. Meh.

Like the fools that we are, we took the bikes out again this evening. Why?! We got sooo lost. It was pretty stressful for a couple of minutes but we figured it out. 

A pretty building with some significance of which we are unaware

I did enjoy this little dog swimming in the fountain! :)

Must love dogs!

We think we have now seen this city! We logged about 15 miles walking and 7 biking. 

We are off to bed early this evening as we have a flight tomorrow mid-morning. It is a 9.5 hour flight to Newark then a quick jump home from there. We are pretty excited to see a certain little white puppy!!!