The Kunsthistoriches Museum is yet another gorgeous, massive building in the middle of Vienna which houses a mind boggling collection of ancient antiquities through to renaissance and baroque European art. The Habsburgs stockpiled treasures not only from their own era but from works Ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt, and the displays are jaw dropping and extensive. It’s hard not to walk through a room full of Ancient Greek pottery then a room full of ancient Egyptian sarcophagi and wonder “WHY IS THIS HERE?”

One level up is the quaintly named “Picture Gallery” which is basically a who’s who of European painters from the 16th and 17th century. We’ve met these old friends before in France and Rome (Degas, Durer, Rubens, Raphael) but our favourite works were possibly the six Pieter Brueghel works on display which had a refreshing and distinctive style unlike the rest of the gallery.

Just outside was some sort of Vegan food festival. Marthese spun around in a daze as if in some sort of wonderful dream. We grabbed some food to sustain us for our next dose of culture – The Leipzig Orchestra performing works from Schubert and Bruckner at the Musikverein, which boasts the bests acoustics of any Austrian venue and is ranked amongst the top 10 in the world. While our cheap seats were located directly behind the stage and our view was predominantly of the timpani player’s butt, we also caught exciting glimpses of the conductors wild conducting. It sounded beautiful.

A quick viewing of St Stephen’s at night and a great Austrian sausage to cap off Vegan day wrapped up another great evening.

Also spotted today – this robot built from gaming consoles. I don’t even know how this happened,  but I am in love.