Today we toured the Hofburg Palace, which is the normal home for the Hapsburg's, which was also quite impressive. As part of the walk through, there was a museum on "Sissi", the wife of the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph who he married when she was 15. Being confined with all the royal trappings made her depressed, so she kind of just went on her own and traveled around a lot. One of the things they showed though is that she was 5'8", but had a 20" waist which on the dresses they showed was ridiculous looking.
We tried to go to the armory and treasury (where they keep all the jewels) but they were closed for what I presume was Veteran's Day. It's a national holiday in France which is why I had the day off to do this, and we saw a military formation in a square today in Vienna. The sign was all in German so I don't know exactly why they were closed, and they're closed tomorrow too, so we'll just have to come back sometime later. We really did enjoy the city, and definitely recommend a visit.
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