Friday we are off for the day and a trip to Vienna was enjoyed by all. We were dropped off at a large shopping mall anchored by Ikea. They run a bus to the Opera House in Vienna for a nominal fee. I contacted my daughter Carrie who is living in Bratislava, Slovakia which is not far from Vienna. She took a train and was at the Opera House to meet us. She helped everyone to buy an all day pass for the trams, u-bahn, buses and we headed to the Zentralfriedhof which is a huge cemetery. Carrie directed us to the correct tram/bus connections to get us to the proper entrance where we could see the graves of famous musicians such as Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Schoenberg, and others. It was an amazing site. Carrie then go us to the Belvedere, which is a huge palace with a large English garden that slopes towards the city. It was beautiful. Carrie then had to catch a train back to Bratislava to make a connection to go on a weekend mission trip. Everyone was very happy to meet her and to have her knowledge to get us around. We then went to a neat restaurant near St. Stephens Cathedral where we had a great weiner schnitzel lunch. The rest of the afternoon we walked around the streets around old town. Back to haus Edelweiss for dinner and dishwashing. Everyone was tired.
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