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Hello and welcome to my blog. I'm an independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator in the UK and love sharing my passion for paper crafting and Stampin' Up! products. Thank you for visiting I hope to see you again soon. Zoe x

Tuesday 26 June 2012

Touring Vienna Fr'o'nk meets his 'brothers'

Prior to the Segway tour Martin and I took ourselves off to wander around Vienna's market.  On weekdays it is awash with flowers, seafood, meats, cheeses and much more. There were plenty of willing vendors offering tasters of their products, but mostly we resisted. On Saturdays it is joined by the stalls of the flea market where one of our guides told us you could buy back all the things that had been stolen from the week prior. Martin visited on Saturday morning and was disappointed saying that it looked worse than the worst market he'd ever visited here!  
However having had a generous breakfast in the hotel, we chose to take a light lunch prior to the Segway tour with the Stampin' Up! Segway Team and headed for the famous Hotel Sacher.

This hotel is famous not only for its cake, but also for when a celebrity famously dangled his baby from one of the hotel balconies. 



En route back to our hotel to prepare for the segway tour we took in more sights like the Opera House....
and the Secession Building on the Getreidemarkt, near the Nashmarkt. In 1897, active Viennese artists completed the separation from the 'isms' of academic tradition and founded the 'Vienna Secession'.  Initiators of the movement included Gustav Klimt, who's 150th anniversary is being celebrated in Vienna this year.

We also caught a glimpse of Fr'o'nk who had met up with some of his  'brothers',

before checking out the Zanoni Icecream Parlour

After our segway tour we returned to the hotel to prepare for the Gala Night Dinner which I shall share with you shortly.

6 comments:

Victoria said...

Loving Fr'o'nk with his brothers, can't wait to see the rest
Hopefully see you Sunday
Love
victoria
x
ps - so need to go back to Vienna at some point as I never tried the famous cake!

Alison xx said...

You really looked like you had a fab trip. Well done. A xx

Monica Gale said...

Why is that food i can spot in this post Mrs T? looks rather yummyxx

Tracy said...

Some lovely pictures Zoe and I'm glad Fr'o'nk enjoyed visiting his "relatives" xx

Zippy said...

Fab trip and thanks for sharing the photos! Xxx

Zoe Tant said...

Yes is food, but it's what it says on it that is important and therefore it is allowed to be featured!!!!! LOL. Zx