From the get-go, we knew Day 9 was going to be a stacked one. There were so many Vienna Pass attractions we wanted to do!
Obviously, first on the list was the Spanish Riding School. After getting dressed and having breakfast at the hostel, we headed straight there. It was a little tricky to find, but we had plenty of time to get there.
We saw this building on our walk there...but I can't totally remember what it was
During July, the famous Lipizzaner stallions of the Spanish Riding School are on vacation, so instead of seeing the usual show, we saw somewhat of a different show. It was really cute! They showed us horses pulling carriages, mares that had just been selected to be breeding horses, and then the same mares and foals we'd seen the day before.
Pulling carriages
The young mares
Mares and foals
After the end of the show, we had lunch at a cute little cafe place and then headed over to the Opera House to get on the red line of the hop on-hop off bus.
A cute old car we saw
We rode the bus for a bit, taking in the sites, but then got off where we could take a Danube canal cruise. It was actually a really nice boat ride! We finally had some shade and a cool breeze. (Believe me, we were sweating BUCKETS on the bus).
On the boat
Following the river cruise, we got back on the red line bus, and then switched to the blue. I know it's silly, but we both really wanted to go to Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum! I mean, it was part of our Vienna Pass attractions list, so whatever. It actually gave both of us the heebie-jeebies, so I don't know if I'll ever go back to another one of those. What was cute about this one, though, was that it had all kinds of figures from Austrian history. I appreciated that.
Right at the entrance: Austria's greatest prize
Me and my favorite composer, Franz Schubert
The wax museum was in the middle of this somewhat-impressive amusement park that I totally didn't expect the city to have. With our Vienna Passes, we were able to ride the "giant" ferris wheel. It was no London Eye, but it was cool enough.
Us looking rough on the ferris wheel
After that, we took the blue line bus to the Danube Tower, which was kind of out in the boondocks (but still free with our passes). It definitely offered some nice views.
Danube River with the Danube Island in the middle of it
We used the hop on-hop off buses to get back to the Opera House area, and then had dinner at a nice little restaurant. I had a falafel salad, which was great, but Kayla felt her burger was under-cooked and didn't eat much of it. To compensate, we split a banana split.
No hostel bar for us that night--we were exhausted. And actually, really disgusting. We needed showers. After we cleaned up, we hit the hay.
Pretty sunset from the window of our room
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