Tonight we went skating at the Wiener Eis Traum! For the Wiener Eis Traum (or Vienna Ice Dream) the entire area in from the Rathaus (or city hall) is converted into a giant skating rink! There is one large rink covering the whole area in front and then it juts off and some of the paths in the gardens are converted into like swimming pool lane size rinks that wander around the large sycamore trees!
A marketing graphic for the Wiener Eis Traum, not exactly this year's layout but you get the idea!
You could tell who the real Viennese were, because they had their own skates, the rest of us rented some pretty uncomfortable hockey style skates, that did nothing for your feet. Being the poor skater that I am, I stuck mostly to the path, where there were fewer people, better scenery and lots of railings. After my feet could handle the skates no more, I stuck around and ate at some of the surrounding stands, which sold some of my favorite Christmas Market style foods (homemade potato chips, chocolate covered waffles, punsch, etc). Eventually, it got too cold to handle it any more and we headed home for a warm cup of tea.
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