Our morning started early. We would travel to Vienna by train. Our schedule called for a departure from Budapest-Keleti Rail Station mid-morning ~
railjet High-Speed Train
the train ride was comfortable and took a bit over 2 1/2 hours. We arrived at Wien Meidling Rail Station mid-afternoon and soon found a taxi which transferred us to our hotel ~
DO & CO Hotel
The DO & CO Hotel is an architecturally adventurous and sybaritic hotel experience in downtown Vienna. Four floors of the steel-and-glass building have been transformed into 44 unique cone-shaped guestrooms. Located in the Inner City (Innere Stadt) across from the magnificent Gothic Cathedral of St. Stephen (Stephansdom).
St. Stephen’s Cathedral, view from in front of our hotel
Inside St. Stephen's Cathedral,
during Saturday's afternoon mass
We were facing a pretty tight evening schedule as we had tickets to a performance at the Mozart House (Konzerte im Mozarthaus) at 6:00 pm ... giving us only an hour and half before showtime. We settled into our rooms, freshened up, and changed into our evening-out clothes. The Mozart House was just a few blocks away, yet Gus got us turned around and definitely lost. Mark came to the rescue and pointed us in the right direction ... we retraced our steps, took a right (a previously misplaced left), and found ourselves in front of Mozarthaus. We had time to find our seats and spend a few minutes admiring the splendor of the room before the performance began.
The repertoire, preformed by four virtuosic musicians specializing in Vienna Chamber Music, was to include works of Haydn, Schubert and especially, as in the tonight's program, Mozart.
