Almost 48 hours in Vienna, Austria!

If I hadn't been careful...I could have blinked and missed Vienna all together, but I'm happy I didn't! It's already on my list of places to return to! The only downfall was that most stores closed around 5 if not earlier! The food was wonderful, the sights were beautiful, and I really just had a great time on this visit! Below are a few snapshots of the time spent in Vienna!

Millennium tower...because really who doesn't have one! (at least in Europe I speaking of!)

Viennese Bier

Schnitzel 

Cruising down the street

Military headquarters

St. Stephen's Cathedral...really pretty! 

Inside St. Stephens

Classical music on the pedway...yes please!

Accidentally stumbled upon "PopFest" basically people drinking beer, and rapping in german!

View from the top of St. Stephen's! I've found myself on the top of many european churches this trip...rather fascinating views!

Tomorrow...off to Budapest!

The Imperial City...St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg is definitely a lot more than looking for the Tsars...well, they've been gone for a while now, but its been about experiencing a culture that, in many respects is quite similar to our own, but with an enjoyment of the nuances of everyday life here. 

Few things learned is Russian is hard to understand...

Don't go into a bakery after 5pm and expect flavors other than cabbage to be available...

Try everything! 

Statue of Santa outside the not so Museum of Chocolate

Crouching Kim, hidden chocolate.

AM Vodka tasting...YES!

Hockey National Team's Store

Colorfully wonderful interior of the Church of The Spilled Blood

Same Church at night!

Winter Palace - Romanov's

Bridges open at 1:05 am and...

1:25 am

Moon 

Winter Palace in the Morning!

Who wouldn't want to sit in this room?!

Palace Library

At the Russian Ballet!

Kim's Clean up well!

Summer Palace - Romanov's

Goodbye Moscow...HELLO St. Petersburg and Goodnight!

So, here are some words to live by....LEARN TO SPEAK RUSSIAN! It's an amazing language to hear, but it's hard to speak for newbies and to read...it uses a different alphabet! 

Ok...like the last two post...these will be short and sweet...aka I'm really tired and going to bed in about 4 minutes! Moscow was fun, but I can tell in the 5 hours we've been in St. Petersburg so far, I'm going to love this city! 

Yep...this is a burger vending machine at the Moscow Train Station! 

This is our train dock...we had no idea what it meant! 

 WE HAVE ARRIVED IN ST. PETERSBURG! 4 hr high speed train from Moscow!

even brighter White Nights! This was 11:30pm!

Cool Cafe window!

GOOD NIGHT!

Cont...Moscow in two parts

Again, in an effort to save time, here are my highlights from the second few days in Moscow!

Canon's inside the Kremlin...just being silly!

 The Kremlin was the original "inside city of Moscow. It was and still is completely walled in!

On the Kremlin wall

Churches inside the Kremlin

Kremlin Church domes

The Kim's outside of St. Basil's (Kim2-Marks and Kim1-Riley)

Sup Saint Basil!

One of many domes of St. Basil

Another Dome!

Russian TEA!

Don't Judge! :P

Dinner Win!

Dessert FAIL! 

Modern Carriage? Yes please!

Russian National Dance Show

Moscow in two parts!

Moscow is a city that never seems to stop moving! Its picturesque churches and nearly perfect weather (minus the rain the last day) made for quite the enjoyable experience. Because we have been always on the move, I haven't been able to update as often as I would have liked, but here is part 1 of Moscow!

St. Basil's Cathedral

Cathedral of Moscow

Yes...thats Sully and Kim2!

2014 Olympic countdown!

Russian Dumplings

White Nights...it almost doesnt get fully dark here!