Sunday, 9 February 2014

Dreaming of a Blue Christmas

 "Sunday 24th November 2013"

Today was cold.

And wet.

VERY wet.

I think I'd walked for like 15 minutes before I rewarded myself with my first hot chocolate break.
I clearly didn't really consider the implications of just how cold it was going to be, and I was wearing a lot of clothes.  Thank goodness I had brought my ski gloves with me, otherwise the hands would have fallen off..
Didn't make for great photography, although neither did the weather.

So today was what I usually do on my arrival day, a bit of a walk round the city to get my bearings, with some visitations to the sites.  I familiarise myself and then make a mental check of places I wanted to go back to.  Only problem was, with it being a Sunday nearly everything was closed, so I had to mentally check everywhere, and hope that when I returned it wouldn't still be raining.

I did deduce where the opera house was, found some pretty little shopping streets, which on a summer's day would have been stunning and you could have got lost in for ages.
I explored a few churches, trying for ages to find where Mozart's birthplace and living quarters were.
I eventually found the birthplace, but not the actual museum...my geography has definitely gone AWOL.

When I stumbled across the main centre outside the cathedral, I had definitely found the right place at the right time.  The Christmas markets, and a very delicious smell...Gluhwein, das ist sehr gut danke schon.
Just what I needed to warm myself up...yuuuummm.

The lights looked stunning against the overcast skies, which looked like they were about to bring...yeees SNOW!!!!!!!!!!


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