Vacation = Part 10. Vienna the End

Well this is it.  This is the big wrap up of my vacation in Europe and our final thoughts on Vienna.  We begin of course with a concert evening of Mostly Mozart.  The performance is given in the Musikverein building which is the place they broadcast the New Year's Day Vienna Waltz Classic from every year.  (Public Radio Fans, you know what I'm talking about).  And if I'm not mistaken, Mozart played here too.  Next I cover a church I discovered on a little walk around Vienna that reminded me of so many of the red brick gothic's in the Midwest US that were built by our German priests.  It's the pfarre of St. Elizabeth.  Just a neighborhood parish church.  As I walked down the street from the church I noticed wall art along the street.  I note two of the paintings.  One is two dachshunds stopping to chat (in German no doubt) and the other a truly modern art original.  Next we have an Ear sculpture that was outside the RadioKulturhaus.  It's a music performance place with many different venues.  It was ranked No.949 on TripAdvisor among 1,114 attractions in Austria.  The fountain and column in the next picture is a monument to soldiers and warriors of the past.  And I came across this humble white church sporting Polish flags and a stature of John Paul II.  Now its off to Vienna's shopping pedestrian mall.  I couldn't help notice the sign for the OOSTMEER Chinese Restaurant that featured Pepsi Cola.  Of course, I had to have a wiener (hot dog) since I was in Vienna and those beer steins aren't just decorations.  All that called for a Gute Fahrt.  Next we come to the City Gate to the Heiden Platz.  It's there we attended our Sunday Mass in the Hofburgkapelle enhanced by the singing of the Vienna Boys Choir.  And we end this fabulous stay in Vienna with a visit to the Domkirche St Stephan zu Wien.   It has the tallest tower in the city.  And I took a lift up the north tower which is smaller than the main tower to catch a view of the city.   It has the largest bell in Austria hanging there.  As you can see, the view was pretty good.  Well thanks for sharing my vacation.   Looking at these pictures just brings it all back to me.