On a side note, along our walk we saw the cute way the Viennese gardeners protect the tulips hibernating below.
The carriage below was built (in 1835) for the children of the Archduke Franz Karl, Archduke and Emperor Franz Joseph, Archduke and Emperor of Mexico Maximilian and Archduke Karl Ludwig. These boys all took turns playing emperor, coachman and footman. How does it compare to our Maxi Cosi? As you can see, mr. v was very impressed by the entire museum. Zzzzzzzz
This little green garden carriage is the oldest children's carriage from the Vienna court still in existence (1790-95). It was built for the oldest children of Emperor Franz and as such was also used by his daughter Marie Louise (wife of Napoleon), who was born in 1791. But still, they didn't have a neat piece of plastic to protect them from the rain, like mr. v does.
The son of Napoleon and Marie Louise, born in 1811, was given the title "King of Rome" and seemed to be destined for a lustrous future. This blue garden carriage was not merely intended for use, but rather was a highly symbolic insignia signifying the great future of the heir to the throne. It does match up to the Maxi Cosi in a few ways, it has a sun shade, mudguards and gilded eagles. Oh, gilded eagles? Well the Maxi Cosi has a cup holder. Beat that!
And here is our mr. v and the Gloriette
and mr. v and Schonbrunn
After our trip, we ran home quickly to get warmed up and took a 2 hour nap. Aaah, how decadent.
Nice expression there Vinny! I guess you're upset cause you missed the entire museum. Don't worry, it's free entry for you, you can go as many times as you want.
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