Arriving at the airport train station
Oh, train is here! hehehe... great! Saves time!
Arriving at our hotel - Mercure Grandhotel Biedermeier Wien Vienna
St Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna
Hehehe, we managed to at least get to Vienna's town before the sky turns dark! So quick, snap a shot! 
Town square with a museum building
Viennese structures
Another museum...
Entering a theatre... Sorry, need to pay to go in, so let's take the entrance yah?! hee...
That's the exterior of the theatre. You can catch traditional costumes musical here. I think we saw the posters whereby the actors were dressed like Mozart and that era's musicians...
At a fountain... Hmm... no water huh? And can't see Kevin's face... hehehe
Typical building structures in Vienna
Horse ride in the square before the Hofburg Palace in downtown 
Kevin posing in front of a small church in town
The palace and its dome...
Staring up at the dome... 
Admiring the details of the wall art...
Town Square
Kevin wants to pose with a Vienna road sign! Oh my goodness! hahaha
Walking under the dome...
Kevin at Hofburg Royal Palace
Strolling the streets at night... 
Check out the words in Viennese-German on the wall behind Kevin.. 
Am I feautured in the movie, The Mummy??!!
Night view of Vienna
A cool chill out place filled with cafes and people...
Check out those interesting structures people are sitting on...
Our room.. time to rest... 
An arch in our traditional room
The bathroom
Looks old; but certainly functional as a room
The next day, arriving at Hundertwasser House or also known as Kunst Haus.
Right behing me, after the bushes and trees!
The nice stairways filled with greens!
Kevin and the greens!
Kevin and Rebecca
The building's exterior
A shot of three - Rebecca, Me and Kevin
At the Village...
Colourful stairs pillars
You got to be there to see it yourself... the structure is interestingly shaped and decorated...
See what i mean?! hee...
The exterior in the Village on the other side... Very colourful walls! And the building is still in function k! There are offices in it!
Kevin strikes a pose...
Shanshan and the fountain...
The interesting toilet... You got to pay for the nice toilet of Modern art k! 
The river downtown...
Kevin with my samsonite turtle baggie...
Bazaar! you see Kevin's face, you know there is nothing to buy! hahaha
Stalls with some second hand items...
People looking on without buying... like us...
The interesting buildings along the way...
Yet another toilet designed to be Opera-like! See the ladies fishing out money to enter! ahhaha... and there was classical music playing in the background when we walked past lor!
The Opera House!
Kevin and I before the Opera House.
Interior.. Ceiling of the Opera house
The theatre curtain
The box seats!
The tourist in the tour standing n the standing column of the theatre... These standing spaces are sold to people as "seats". Basically you pay lesser to stand through to watch a performance.
The backstage! Super big!
The pullies and trollies system behind the scenes...
The hall of the Opera House... So dark... Where's the spotlight?! Why isn't it on me? Am I not glamour enough?! hahahaha
The wall figurines...
The room...
And its chandelier
Statues in the Opera House
The interval room... where patrons can come by during intervals of performance. You can rent the space as private by paying like 500 euros? hehehe... this is true...
Wall art featuring musical instruments, dancer and performer
Mozart in the Opera House
Hallways for exhibitions..
Walking past a nice building, looks very traditional... If only my white horse appears... with that Prince Charming riding in it... OOOhhhh...
Hmmm... I think my prince fell asleep on the bench before putting on his Shining Armour! ahhahah... My Ah-Pek husband!!! Gosh! hahahah... Love him to the core...
Act Cute Kevin! :)
The Parliament House in the background... Meanwhile, we were walkign past a food bazaar... yummy!
Kevin and Rebecca
The Parliament House
Kevin entering...
Beautiful statue before the Parliament...
Hofburg Royal Palace in the day... And Kevin cycling past it... hee..
We rent the bike for like 1 euro! Cheap Cheap and nice to cycle in Vienna!
The square in the day..
My bike! hee...
My constipated look.. and you know i am a bad cyclist... hee
Church in the day...
Museums during the day...
Artistic Statues..
Kevin and the Statue Part 1
Kevin and the Statue Part 2
Town... Busy busy...
Jewish quarters
Jewish quarters and its remains
Kevin cycling by...
The famous clock in Vienna... Whereby the statues will change every hour...
Jewish Museum
Candid Shot of Kevin... "don't what me!" hahhaha...
Musuem displays
Remains... Ruins...
Kevin is pointing to a poster which says "Tampines Primary School Performance" Is that our Singapore school???
In the palace garden...
The fountain.
Kevin.. is he falling down... or did i take the picture slanted??
The neat palace
Nice background... With the blue skies and the palace... Gosh... Presenting to you, The King and Queen... Kevin and Shan! hahaha
The palace at a glance. I love it!
The garden... which is so lovely... I can imagine how luxurious the royalties were... We couldn't take pictures of the interior of the palace, sorry... That's all folks!
Visiting a Chapel in Vienna...
The St Stephen's Cathedral in the day...
The UN building in Vienna
Austria Center
UN building... Visitor Centre
Kevin... 
The logos...
The flags of various countries..
Vienna by River Danube
Lovely sight...
Kevin and the River Danube
Care for a Cruise??!
Looks like sun is beginning to set... and time to head home for us too...
Vienna Airport
Checking-in
Austrian Air... We're flying back to Athens...
Ta-ta Vienna... Kevin will miss you lots! While I am inspired to be musically-inclined.. So I promise to work hard on my recorder flute... hee... Well, I can blow! Hahaha...
All in all, it is really nice to get a feel of the Viennese scene... Bye for now... Hope we will be back one day, Vienna...
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