As we made our way through the magnificent city of Vienna on our tour bus, we all noticed immediately how well-manicured and immaculate the city seemed to be. We learned quite a lot of history from our tour guide, Barbara, on our way to tour the summer palace which once housed the royal family of Hapsbergs. The Schonbrunn Castle was absolutely unbelievable in its ornateness and beauty! Some of its original twelve hundred plus rooms have been preserved in their original state, as much as possible, for the purpose of history and tourism. The majority of the palace rooms presently, however, are rented out as apartments–with a ten year waiting list!! We enjoyed some other parts of the city as well on our tour but had to cut it a little short due to schedule changes–remember that 29 hour delay we had earlier in the week?! We had to get back to the hotel and prepare for our concert excursion that would occur about an hour outside of Vienna in a little town called Berndorf. What a lovely, quaint town it was! We thoroughly enjoyed the sights, the singing, and especially the reception after the concert.