If Austria had a national food it would have to be either weiner schnitzel or gulasch. In each restaurant we went to we asked what their special dish was, and invariably the answer was weiner schnitzel. During our week in Austria Scott and I sampled lots of weiner schnitzel and we can say that we enjoyed trying some authentic Austrian cuisine. On our second night in Vienna we were directed by our hotel to a little restaurant which was actually located under the Albertina for dinner. During the course of our meal we were serenaded by a gentleman and his button key instrument.
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| Yes, he pulled a chair up at the end of our table, sat down, and began to play and sing. |
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| Not positive, but I believe there is some weiner schnitzel on that table somewhere! |
One thing that stood out to us, though, were the shops filled with sweets. The most famous, Demel, is located in Vienna. We had heard of this shop several times from a couple of sets of friends, and it was mentioned as a "don't miss" in our tour book about Austria. We decided to check it out one morning and, after seeing the incredible array of treats we decided to return in the late afternoon for tea.
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Yummy!
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| The cafe at Demel had some beautiful crystal chandeliers. This is some of the detail on one of them. |
The Christmas lights in Vienna were beautiful, so we thought we'd share :)
The lights and chandeliers look like diamonds in the sky I cannot believe that Scott actually ate the cake - LOL, Yum.
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