Right after coming to Vienna we settled into the Schönbrunn Hotel nect to the garden of Schönbrunn Palace. The garden is austerely geometric and more than one kilometer long. The size is not even obvious at the first glance, as the garden structure at the distant end is difficult to discern with plain eye.
The crosswise view from the palace to the Gloriette view building cannot be accused of crampedness, either. Later on we begin our museum tour and return to the topic of the royalty who lived here.
There was Easter market here, too, at the end of the garden.
Freyung Easter Market
Yes, yet another Easter market, and a big one, too! We passed by the Minoritenkirche Gothic church (by its official name "Italian National Church of Mary of the Snows"), but did not peek in. Instead we went through the Freyung arcade and visited a chocolate shop with rare specialties in its assortment. After a few unavoidable purchases we arrived to the Easter Market.
In case somebody does not know what ROFL means...
St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom)
The monument in the first image is the Plague Column (Pestsäule). The purpose of such columns is to express the relief for the end of the plague. On top of the column there typically is a character related with Christianity.
City buildings
The postmodernistic Haas-Haus next to Stephen's Cathedral
The Opera House
Church of Mary's Birth as seen from the window of our hotel room
