Brilliant day in Vienna today! Very beautiful, well organized and not very crowded city! Started off our day by walking in the wrong direction, but once we got that figured out, we made our way to an old flak tower in Esterhazy (not Sask!) Park that had been converted to a zoo and climbing wall! After this, we made our way to the Hofburg, where we spent some time in the peaceful green space there. After this, we passed through the Monument against War and Fasci...

Passed into Austria this afternoon, had no problem whatsoever moving up our train schedule to get to Wien as we'd originally planned. The terrain here is beautiful, the weather is warm, and the people are organized. The massive mountains and wide river beds remind me a fair bit of the area around Jasper, on the Edmonton side. Guten tag to der Osterreich!