Vienna again

Much cooler today,thank goodness. The concert last night was wonderful. It was held in one of the ornate opera houses, which was stunningly beautiful. I almost felt I was on a film set and the music was superb -well-loved Mozart from operas such as Don Giovanni, Figaro and The Magic Flute, with lovely baritone and soprano voices and a beautiful violin symphony. It was fun because the orchestra were all in period costume and the conductor was a real dag. He ended with the famous Strauss Radetsky March and he conducted us all clapping - softly, loudly, fast, slow etc. It was truly a night to remember.
Today was one of my real reasons for spending a day in Vienna - to see the lovely Lipizzaner stallions in training and what a treat it was. They are magnificent animals and the arena itself is also spectacular with its statuary and this afternoon I did a tour of the stables. They,too, are magnificent and spotlessly clean. Apparently there are 72 stallions and 22 riders in training at one time. There was just one girl rider this morning, but there are four.Next stop - Ljubljana.