Vienna

After a little bit of confusion we made it to our apartment in Vienna, the person arranged to meet us their didn't show up, the man on the phone spoke terrible English and luckily a nice German girl helped translate so we could get the pin number for the key lock box. Then the person who was meant to show up the next day to collect our money didn't show - wonderful organisational skills!
As we only had a short time in Vienna soon after arriving we headed out promptly and hired some bikes. This was a lot of fun although the bike paths were a bit confusing at times. Bike riding was a great way to see the city and it was pretty successful I managed to only hit one pedestrian (oopps)! So as we rode around Vienna we found some lovely gentleman dressed as Mozart in the park selling tickets to a legitimate Viennese classical music concert - so the romantic Simon decided to take me on a date. 
Prior to our romantic night of classical music we randomly found an aussie bar for a quick drink. They served cider so I was excited. In the bar we made friends with a drunk Brissy girl, her Italian friend and were served Irish cider by a Norwegian and a German. Definitely an Aussie experience!
We then went off to find our concert, and after lining up with hundreds of bus tour groups we were informed we had lined up for the wrong concert. Luckily the Palace our concert was in was just across the road (lots of Palace's in Vienna!).
The concert was a really fun experience with ballet, opera signing and classical music. It was definitely aimed at tourists who were not classical music buffs. The fact that it was a "tourist trap" was a shock to the American's sitting behind us, and the "Mozart" they got their tickets from seemed like such a nice genuine guy!
The next morning we headed into the city center as there was a church tower Simon wanted to climb. And boy did we climb! We had to climb 382 stairs up a spiral stair case that was quite narrow. The view at the top was amazing but phew those stairs were hard.
Later that day we went to the Imperial Palace, where the Spanish Horses are shown (unfortunately didn't get a chance to see them), and the Sisi Museum. The  museum showed you the living quarters King Franz Josef and Queen Sisi (who tragically died and then became super popular).
For dinner we lashed out and went to an Austrian Aldi where we scored fish, vegetables, beer, wine and ice cream for like 10 euro, a bargain.
We finished our time in Vienna with a ride on the Riesenrad, a giant wooden ferris wheel that has been operated for 100 years. We got beautiful views of the whole city and was a lovely way to end our time in Vienna!