Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Day 4: Tue 31 May - Vienna

We did a shake-out ride around the city and surrounds.  Apart from all the magnificent old and new buildings, parks and gardens I ended up at the main cemetery.  

The Austrians know how to look after their dead, with huge grave monuments depicting their loved ones' lives.  Some very famous people are buried there especially from the classical music era like Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Strauss, Wagner to name a few; what history this place has got.  The whole cemetery was immaculately maintained.

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