14. Vienna - cathedral, catacombs etc

On our first day in Vienna, we went to the main cathedral, St Stephens.

Then I discovered they had catacombs, accessible only on a tour.  I had never seen catacombs before, so we waited.  Sadly no pics, but here is the entrance.

There were coffins of various archbishops, urns (that looked like tins) of the intestines of various rulers (they were removed to aid the embalming process), and then lots of bones of people who had been buried there.  When they needed more space, they got prisoners to clean up the bones and put them together.  So now I have seen catacombs - pretty much as expected.

Street scene outside the cathedral.

The souvenir T-shirt here is "No kangaroos in Austria". They were on sale at this shop, but the advertisement certainly didn't show a roo!

Further on the subject of recycling - you have to sort according to the colour of the glass.

And the endlessly fascinating topic of loos.  Saw this.  They are the toilets at Cafe Korb, apparently frequented by Sigmund Freud when he developed his practice in Vienna.  I have seen it written that these symbols were in deference to his views on sexual impulses.

and a back-to-front toilet.  But it worked.

You have to take your camera absolutely everywhere when you are on holidays!