The morning came faster than anyone wanted but none the less we left the hotel and entered the bus at 9 o : clock headed for Vienna. We were briefed on the itinerary of the day which included; bus ride, picnic lunch, tour of the Schonbrunn palace, and finally free time and dinner in the hotel. As always we woke up fast due to our coordinator's amazing stories and hilarious jokes. This particular bus ride was the shortest (in regard to the trips from hotel to hotel) with a time of 3 to 3 1/2 hours.
We arrived in at the location of our picnic lunch (the palace gardens) with sandwiches in hand and took our places on the ground near a small pond. The garden was miraculous with statues, ponds, and even a zoo! Not to mention a great place to fill our stomachs.
After lunch we walked around a bit and explored the area near us before heading into the palace for our tour. Intently we walked though the building with the thought of promised gifts for correct answers in the the trivia later that day. We grabbed our audio guides quickly and began our journey to learn about "sisi" and other past residents of the great and epic building. Did you know she had 16 children?
With the interesting facts now floating around in our heads we took our bus to the hotel for an afternoon of rest and swimming before dinner. Most of us spent an hour or two in the pool trying to lose the calories of all the amazing European chocolate we keep eating, but some stayed with the Spanish tradition and took a siesta.
The dinner was a buffet of many different types of food, from Vienna and other parts of Europe. As we devoured our food we couldn't help but wish we had bigger stomachs, or me at least.
Dinner ended with the option of going to an English cinema to see the new movie "Maleficent", many left but not all of us. I hope that they are having a good time as those of us that stayed in the hotel are having fun playing cards and writing this blog.
The day only made us more excited for tomorrow as we get to see more of this amazing city and culture.
Curtis Burtch (Canada)
Picnic on the gradens of Schonbrunn Palace
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