Vienna’s places of refuge

In all of our comings and going (we are pretty intent on seeing EVERYTHING there is to see here), we sometimes just want a quiet place to sit for a few minutes, so we look for a church spire or bell tower and we duck into a church for a few minutes.

Each church is spectacular in its own way, a place of refuge and a place to reflect on our blessings and let our feet rest.

Here’s an interesting little detail–an electrical outlet in the floor.

There are concerts in most churches, especially during the Christmas season.

Here are a few more sites we visited in the course of our day:

These people are waiting in line to get a famous piece of cake–Sachertorte.  We didn’t feel the need to wait!

Here are some Roman ruins in the heart of Vienna: