Thanks to staying up for the opera, it was another difficult morning dragging ourselves out of bed in time for breakfast. After booking a room in Athens, we moved on to Schloss Schlonbrunn the iconic Viennese summer residence of the Hapsburgs. It was a lot like the winter residence, with certain sections of the audio guide seeming to have been copied verbatim from one to the other, reflecting very similar setups between Franz-Josef's and Sisi's apartments in each location. However, Schlonbrunn had many rooms on display from other members of the dynasty, and the rooms were more impressive, but in exchange it didn't make as nice a story or give as good an impression of the people who lived there.
After, we braved the dreary cold weather to explore the grounds. We found three lovely Romantic-era fountains.
Then climbed the hill for some lovely views of Vienna.
On our way to the exit, we ran across some birds that looked like finches, but with different coloring than we see in the States. They were lovely and seemed quite tame, so we just couldn't resist getting out a little oatmeal we had with us to feed to them. They were extremely bold, landing on our fingertips to eat from our palms. And to try to eat Mary's thumb nail, which they seemed to find a good bit more interesting than the oatmeal. They also hovered impressively in midair to check out the goods before landing. They were amazingly light and delicate.
At this point we went back to our hostel for a little bit of last minute planning before hopping our flight to Athens.
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