Everything to know about Vienna

This is from Wikipedia in case anyone wants to know about Vienna....wait, the first paragraph is what we were given...

Vienna ( /viːˈɛnə/; German: Wien [viːn]; Viennese German: Wean) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million^[3] (2.4 million within themetropolitan area,^[2] more than 25% of Austria's population), and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural,economic, and political centre. It is the 9th-largest city by population in the European Union. Vienna is host to many majorinternational organizations, including the United Nations and OPEC. The city lies in the east of Austria and is close to the borders of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. These regions work together in a European Centrope border region. Along with nearby Bratislava, Vienna forms a metropolitan region with 3 million inhabitants, and this region is referred to as Twin City.^{[citation needed]} In 2001, the city centre was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[4]

Vienna is often said to be "The City of Dreams" because it was home to one of the world's greatest interpreters of dreams, Professor Sigmund Freud.^[5] Its roots lie in early Celtic and Roman settlements that transformed into a Medieval and Baroquecity, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city is well known for playing an essential role as a leading European Music Centre, from the great age of Viennese Classicism through the early part of the 20th century. The Historic centre of Vienna is rich in architectural ensembles, including Baroque castles and gardens, as well as the late-19th-century Ringstrasse lined with grand buildings, monuments and parks.^[6]

In a 2005 study of 127 world cities, the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked the city first (in a tie with Vancouver, Canada) forquality of life (in the 2011 survey of 140 cities Vienna was ranked number two, behind Melbourne).^[7][8][9] For three consecutive years (2009-2011), the human-resource-consulting firm Mercer ranked Vienna first in its annual "Quality of Living" survey of hundreds of cities around the world.^[10][11][12] Monocle's 2011 "Quality of Life survey" ranked Vienna sixth on a list of "the top 25 cities in the world to call home" (up from eighth in 2010).^[13][14][15]

Analytically, the city was ranked 1st globally for a culture of innovation in 2007 and 2008, and 2nd globally after Boston in 2009 from 256 cities on an analysis of 162 indicators in the Innovation Cities Index on a 3-factor score covering culture, infrastructure and markets.^[16] As a city, Vienna regularly hosts urban planning conferences and is often used as a case study by urban planners.^[17]

In each single year since 2005 so far, Vienna has been the world's number one destination of international congresses and conventions,^[18] thus contributing to attracting at about five million tourists a year^[19] which makes up a record of roughly three tourists per city inhabitant.

Here is an old building in Vienna

Here we are trying to figure out what we are going to do....

Here is another old building (aren't sure what it is or why it is there, but it is cool)

Here is the summer palace.

Here are the boys in front of a really cool monument (again, no idea what it is)

Here is a window at the winter palace

We had a "surprise" dinner at Centimeter Restaurant

Happy Birthday Eric!