City Breaks 05
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A weekend in Munich, before visiting our company's office there.
A weekend in Stockholm, to go to the Queen concert there.
A short break, visiting Paris (briefly), then the Orient Express to Vienna, followed by a few days in Bratislava (Slovakia).
The deaprture board, at Paris's Gare de l'Est. Note - "Orient Express". It's the standard SNCF / OEBB night train Paris - Vienna.
The Danube through Vienna.
One of Vienna's many former royal palaces, the Alter Hof.
Vienna's Christmas Market, the Christkindlemarkt, in front of the city Hall (the Rathaus).
Another of the royal palaces, the Schloß Schönnenbrunn, from the front.
The Schloß Schönnenbrunn, from the back.
The bizarre Hundertwasserhaus, designed to a fantasy ideal!
The Leaning Tower of Vienna.
Bratislava Castle
Rooftops of Bratislava old town, view from the castle.
Bratislava's new bridge over the Danube. Note the endless, Soviet-era tower blocks.
The inverted pyramid, office building of Slovakia Radio.