Once it got dark (around 3:30), the lights came on and Vienna got even prettier. For dessert, another coffee house! And some sights along the way, like St. Stevens Cathedral, Stephansdom, with the Christmas tree in front.
Still snowing, still very, very, very cold! But not windy, at least, which makes a huge difference. Eating our way around Vienna was turning out to be a great plan, though. Just before we would ever get completely frozen, time for a nice cozy coffeehouse.
We made our way to Cafe Central, where Freud liked to hang out. Everyone else had the same idea though - it was crowded and completely full, so we walked to another place a couple of blocks away, Cafe Griensteidl.
I couldn't come to Vienna and not have Sachertorte, so of course, that's what I ordered, along with a cafe latte. The Sachertorte is a somewhat dry, not-too-sweet chocolate cake, with apricot jam and a thin chocolate ganache. It was invented in 1832 by Franz Sacher when he was 16, an apprentice confectioner, and has been famous ever since. On this one, the jam was just under the frosting (a variation I understand - the Hotel Sacher's, the 'original', has the jam between 2 layers of cake.
The Hofburg Imperial Palace
see how the snow has piled up?
sehr sehr schoen...
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