Vienna•Madrid
2016 July
Two weeks and two cities filled with Habsburgs in July 2016 with the family. A Viennese coffee shop, a cruise on the Danube, and a paella cooking class all were on the agenda.
Vienna Opera House. CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO.

Vienna Opera House at night

Vienna Opera Stage Door (Fans waiting for Cyndi Lauper)

Nighttime architecture - Vienna

Hotel Sacher - Vienna

Late night Hotel Sacher

Late night Vienna Opera wurst hangout

Vienna Dog - Yes - two different wursts in one bun

Vienna architecture

Volksgarten - Vienna

Vienna Volksgarten Roses

Volksgarten - Vienna

The gang strolling the Volksgarten - Vienna

St. Stephen's Exterior - Vienna

St. Stephen's Altar - Vienna

St. Stephen's Exterior CU - Vienna

Café Sperl exterior - Vienna

Café Sperl interior

Entry mirror

Rack 'em up boys - at the Café Sperl

Pool cues at the Café Sperl - Vienna

Printed versions of your online news feed

Sperl Strudel-Vienna

Jill at the window

Jill at the Café Sperl

Obermaier coffee

Schönbrunn fountain

Schönbrunn exterior

Schönbrunn strudel making demonstration - and tasting

Somewhere there's a wine garden? - Vienna

Next door to the wine garden

Entrance to the wine garden

Viennese wine garden

Wine garden salads

Wine garden meat choices

Tongue in the wine garden

Young white Viennese wine

Strudel - Sour cherry, Apricot, Apple, Cheese,_

Not a Ferrari

Royal Opera House boxes - Vienna

Royal Opera House staircase - Vienna

Royal Opera House backstage - Vienna

Hofburg dome - Vienna

Hofburg - Vienna

Lippizaner Stallions - Vienna

Baking - Café Demel - Vienna

The gang at Café Demel - Vienna

Noodle dish - Café Demel - Vienna

Mushrooms and dumplings - Café Demel - Vienna

Dessert - Sacher torte center - Café Demel - Vienna

Creating sweets - Café Demel - Vienna

Chocolate artistry - Café Demel - Vienna

Fellow passenger

Blue Danube Sunset - Vienna

Noah on the Danube - Vienna

Blue Danube Sunset - Vienna

Door to our apartment - Madrid
Satuday night street life in Madrid

The view from our apartment in Madrid

Madrid Apartment - Living area

Madrid Apartment - Kitchen

Apartment hallway - Madrid

Madrid clock

Moon over Madrid

Chocolate and churros - Madrid

Chocolatería San Gines - Madrid

Churros and chocolate - Madrid

San Miguel Market - Madrid

The Royal Palace in Madrid. They're getting ready for Obama's visit Sunday

Cathedral at the Royal Palace - Madrid

Plaza Major - Madrid

Lunch of Iberian ham and various cheeses - Madrid
Tapas Tour. CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO.

Royal Palace interior - Madrid

Camera set up for Obama's visit - Madrid

Noah and Valerie on the staircase - Madrid

Cheese shopping - Madrid

Noah and Valerie in the Madrid subway

Cheese plate at the apartment - Madrid
Jill enters the convent. (Cloistered no less.) - Madrid. CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO.

Spanish knocker - Madrid

Directions to the cookies in the convent

Cloistered convent cookies

Tortilla Patata - Madrid

Cathedral of Segovia courtyard

Plaza de la Villa
Cooking class - Noah - Madrid. CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO.

Cooking class output

Cooking class - Madrid

Neighborhood musicians - Madrid

Schweppes sign on building in Madrid

Madrid gin drink
Brokers Gin - Madrid - Gin Tonic. CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO.

Segovia family

Aqueduct of Segovia

Cathedral of Segovia

Aqueduct of Segovia

Castle of Segovia ceiling

Segovia cathedral from castle

Segovia castle from the castle cafeteria

Castle of Segovia arch window

Noah on top of the castle tower

Saturday night restaurant in Madrid
Paella. Traditional Spanish seafood and rice dish cooked in a cast iron pan. CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO.

Noah and Mac enjoying their paella

Paella on the plate

Mac returning from Segovia

Madrid lounge

Lounge lizards

Couples selfie in the air

The prince of Pokemon

Night, night

Jill enters the convent. (Cloistered no less.) - Madrid