Views of the city

Last Thursday, we took the family to Leopoldsberg, a well-known lookout on the northern edge of Vienna. I've seen a lot of photos from this spot and have been waiting for a reason to visit it. I would have preferred to go on a sunny day, but we only had one or two of those during the week and Thursday was not one of them. We could see a storm heading our direction while we were on Leopoldsberg, so we went back into the city for a late lunch rather than continuing our trip to a town on the other side of the mountain. By the time we finished eating lunch, there was a full-fledged snow/ice storm raging outside. I think it's pretty cool when it's snowing and thundering at the same time.

It didn't come across very well in the photo, but from the lookout you could tell where it was raining and where it was sunny in the city. You can see the rain way off in the distance over the Danube River. I think it's very interesting to see the green countryside and then the huge city of Vienna.


When we arrived, the weather looked very nice to the north of us. We were planning on heading into Klosterneuburg after leaving Leopoldsberg, but the weather looked pretty menacing that direction by the time we left. Klosterneuburg is situated on the west side of the Danube and the city of Korneuburg is on the east side of the river. You can see the Klosterneuburg Monastery on the left edge of the photo below. (You can click on the photo to go to Flickr and see a larger view of the photo. Just click on "All sizes" in Flickr.)


We were able to snap some nice photos, but on a clear day I imagine you can get a much better shot of Vienna in the background.