We didn't get up to all that much yesterday, just enjoying being in a new and different place and all the sights and sounds that it entails. The main even of the day was a trip to the Prater, a huge 'fair' as Aidan described it. It is a summer facility, so very little was open other than the Reisenrad – a huge ferris wheel with enclosed carriages from which you can see the whole city and its setting.
We had been up in it in 2000 when I was last here, but that day was so foggy we literally couldn't see anything of the city. This time we had a great view, which was nice. Aidan was more interested in looking down on the roller coasters and the ghost train below, but for us it was really interesting to look out across the rest of the city that we haven't really seen and to see the different styles from very traditional to very modern.
In the evening we went to a little restaurant downstairs and feasted to the point where no-one could move. Luckily it was only a 50m walk home!
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