Vienna Day 2

Today we decided to visit the famous Shunbronn Palace. The Palace is only a 20 minute walk from our hostel and is known for it's zoo (the oldest in the world) as well as the botanical gardens. It was the summer palace of Austrain Royalty and has 1440 rooms. The weather was not as cooperative at we had hoped, it was overcast and threatened rain, but we decided to go anyway. The first thing we did is wander around the growns until we came upon the Zoo. Since it is the oldest in the world we decided to take a look. We were glad we did, it was just the right size that you got to see all the animals and were not exhausted from walking. The highlights included two Giant Pandas and Koalas. Unfortunately it started to pour but we're tough and walked through it. The palace grounds are great for me because I got to see beautiful plants and exotic animals all in one place. We did the tour through the private rooms of the royal family in the palace. It reminded me a lot of Versaille in Paris. I guess it was fitting since Marie Antionette, wife of Louis the XIV grew up here. That pretty much took up most of our day. The weather's been crappy so we decided to stick around the hostel and even made dinner. Tonight we are going to take it easy becuase we plan on doing a lot of walking tomorrow, hopefully with better weather. We are going to the north of the main square to the giant ferris wheel and then walk down back to our hostel. We may even go to one of the museums if we have time. Sorry we haven't posted pictures yet. We were going to do that today but I broke the machine that lets you download pictures opps . Hopfully tomorrow.