Onward to Vienna on our Viking Rinda Danube River cruise. Jan and Tracey take a Viking Excursion which busses us to the Maria-Theresien Platz which is bordered by the Vienna Fine Arts and Natural History Museum. We then walk through the Hofburg Palace which was the home of the Habsburg Dynasty. Nearby we explore the Spanish Riding School and the world-famous Lipizzaner Stallions. We were even treated to an up-close experience with one of these beautiful horses. We then visit St. Stephen's Cathedral before Tracey and Jan set off on their own back to the Vienna Natural History Museum.
We take you through the exhibits of this top-ranked natural history museum which includes the Venus of Willendorf and the Venus of Galgenberg ("Fanny")--two of the oldest figurines ever found in the world that date back nearly 30,000 years ago.
After the Natural History Museum, we visit the Naschmarkt which is Vienna's most popular market with over 120 stalls and restaurants stretching nearly a mile long. But then off it is to the Hundertwasserhaus and Hundertwasser Village designed by Austrian architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.