Vienna, Austria 6: Café Landtmann

We started the third day in Vienna by having a lovely breakfast at Café Landtmann, one of the historic coffeehouse in Vienna. Established in 1873, "Café Landtmann served as a meeting place for many of the leading industrialists, politicians, thinkers, and artists in Austria" during its long history and was Sigmund Freud and Gustav Mahler (Austro-Bohemian late-Romantic composer) were a few examples of the cafe's regulars, according to wiki.

We arrived at the cafe at 7:30am when it was just open for the day. We were the first customer and were able to choose a table. The cafe's interior was elegant with dark warm-colored wooden interior, boxed seats and high-ceilings, which made us feel very comfortable. Our server was attentive, too.

We both had Viennese Breakfast - a bread roll and a slice of bread "Madame Crousto" from Öfferl's organic bakery, homemade jam, Austrian butter and a soft boiled organic egg. The jam was fantastic. It was a kind of berry, perhaps raspberry, but tasted like a mix of raspberry and strawberry. I would love to keep a huge jar of the jam in my fridge. J's jam was different from mine (apricot?) and also great. Delicious jam made me very happy.

I wished to stay there longer, reading a book or something or writing a letter, but there were more places in the city to see before our short trip came to the end! Plus, the weather was beautiful again. After we left the cafe, we enjoyed walking around the city while the city was still quiet with less people.

We also visited the Hofburg, the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburgs in the morning to see the Sisi Museum, the Imperial Apartments and the Silver Collection that were housed in the palace. The collections (sorry, no photos) told us about the glory and distress of the powerful family in the past.

To be continued...