Almost Christmas
We’ve been following the pre-Chrismas tradition of visiting Christmas markets yesterday and we’ll be going again today.
Yesterday we went to see the market at Schönbrunn. It was quite cold, not so much because of the temperature itself (-5°C), but more because of the strong wind. We were bundled up, but apparently not bundled up enough. 
We had originally planned to visit another market yesterday, but were too frozen to do so, despite the hot fruit punches with rum. 
Before venturing out to Schönbrunn, we had lunch with my parents and my grandma at the Donauturm, Vienna’s small version of the CN Tower (it looks more like CN Tower than the Harbour Outlook in Vancouver). The food was quite delicious (except for the salmon, which was only average), and the company was certainly nice. The view sucked big time, though. But what else is new in fall/winter in the Eastern (flat parts) of Austria: low fog every day and grey-in-grey all around. Above the fog layer it’s bright, clear sunshine, that’s why it’s beautiful weather in the Alps. Not so much in Vienna or Lower Austria. We still enjoyed ourselves, though.
Today, the plans are to do what we didn’t finish yesterday and to visit two or three more markets — and have more of that punch or some mulled wine (why else would one go to the Christmas market if not for the booze? lol)
We’ll be dressing warmer, this time, too.
