Took a trip round some of the former homes of the rulers of the Austrian Empire before it came to an end in November 2011

Schonbrunn Palace stands a few KM outside the city, the former home of Emperor Franz Joseph, where you can see his rooms and the bed in which he died in 1916, in the midst of World War II. He used to get up at 4am every day. Quite why no-one seems to know but he lived until he was 86 so it can't have been that bad for him.

He lived to see his brother executed in Mexico, his son commit suicide in a royal hunting lodge and his wife assassinated, so not the happiest of lives.

Took advantage of the free bike hire to cycle back to the city, where there was a big festival going on in the main square.