Schnapp! - Blogabond

We started off the day with a walking tour of the city, taking in the immense Schonbrunn Palace. After the tour, Sarah and I decided to wander the streets of Vienna and, despite not having a map (or the slightest idea of where we were going) we managed to stumble across a few interesting sites and even made it back in time for the scheduled visit to the Schnapps Museum.

Schonbrunn Palace

Streets of Vienna

Tiled roof

The Schnapps Museum gave us an insight into the history of Vienna's famous beverage, and the different types available...we even got a free tasting session thrown in. While a couple of the guys headed straight for the absinthe, the rest of us were drawn to the 'gold' schnapps...it's made with actual gold dust, which has some great health benefits (apparently, though the thought of actually drinking gold was enough for me!)

Gold dust schnapps

Schnapps man

In the evening some of us decided to embrace Austrian culture by indulging in...shnitzel and strudel. Naturally.

written by

lucy3119 on August 15, 2008 from Vienna, Austria

from the travel blog: Eurotrip 2008

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