12601. The soups on Viking cruises are great . . .
and I’m not a (big) soup person;
12602. There are McDonalds,
Burger Kings, Starbucks and Subways in Vienna(, Austria);
12603. There are a lot of hot
dog/sausage stands in Vienna;
12604. “Wien” is “Vienna” in
German;
12605. Austrians speak German;
12606. “The Sound of Music” is
not popular in Austria;
12607. Austria is made of 9 provinces
with Vienna as the capital;
12608. Austria has a population
of 9 million people;
12609. The Spanish Riding School
in Vienna is the home of the Lipizzaner stallions;
12610. Lipizzaner stallions are
born dark and turn white with age;
12611. There are 74 (Lipizzaner)
stallions in Vienna. The stallions spend
3 weeks in the countryside and then 3 weeks in the city;
12612. Lipizzaner stallions get 8
weeks of rest/vacation a year;
12613. The Austrian National
Library in the Hofburg Palace complex in Vienna is the largest library in
Austria with more than 12 million items;
12614. There are 9 public and 5
private universities in Vienna;
12615. Vienna is big into café
culture. There are over 1,200 cafés in
the city;
12616. The Austrians seem to
like their sweets;
12617. At the Swarovski flagship
store in Vienna (at Kärntner Straße 24, 1010 Wien, Austria), there’s
complementary (Moët & Chandon) champagne, coffee and water on the top
floor. And the restrooms (in the
basement) are free too;
12618. Swarovski makes more than (just) jewelry and watches, they make tableware, glasses, decorative accessories, picture frames, ornaments and figurines too;
