I forgot to mention, that I went to Vienna for another operetta performance of Franz Lehar's Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow).  It was awesome.  Then I proceeded to Budapest for Emmerich Kalman's Die Csardasfuerstin (The Gypsy Princess), which turned out to be horrible.  So here is Budapest.
Budapest was interesting.  The architecture was breathtaking, but I could almost never get a good picture of anything.  The trees and shrubbery were always blocking the view.  Or the only good view was in the middle of a four lane street.  

Day One: St. Stephen's Basilica

View from the top of St. Stefan's, looking towards Buda. 

I took a picture because it looks like a horse.  And for once, nothing is in the way of a half-way decent photo. 

See that stupid branch in the upper right hand corner.  And those trees blocking half the facade.  Hire some gardeners. 

More days to come.

I'm sick of talking, so here are the pictures with tiny captions.  This is Vienna. 

 Schoenbrunn: the foliage makes a violin.  Can't see it very well.

 Same place.

Same.

This view is from the building of the grounds.  There is a couple of labyrinths in the hedges to the right.  It was quite funny to hear all the adults cussing because they kept getting lost.

Belvedere.  I was too early to go in.  I had a couple of hours before my train left for Budapest, so I walked the grounds and watched the sky.