Today was Saturday. We started with a tour of the catacombs of St. Stephan's Cathedral. Along with Bishops and Cardinals, the crypt is also the final resting place of parts of the royal family. It seems there was a competition between churches to be the final resting place of Dukes and Duchesses. In order to keep the peace, the entrails of the royals were preserved in alcohol and placed in copper urns for placement under St. Stephans. The tour ended with a peek at the ossuaries where the bodies of plague victims in 1735 were dumped into a hole under the church square.
We then caught the U-Bahn to Shonbrunn Palace. We did a tour of the Royal rooms but it was too cold to walk the gardens. Besides, they are dormant at this time.
Tomorrow its up early for airplanes and the trip home.
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Sounds like an awesome trip. Hope you have a good plane ride back.
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