We are gluttons for punishment. We went to the cemetery again as I found some more possibilities. Searching for graves in the Jewish section is difficult because while there is basic care for the rest of the place there is nothing done in the Jewish areas and they are very overgrown, including with stinging nettles! Possibly says a lot about attitudes around here! We found what we we looking for i.e three great grandparents, two of whom are in the same grave so I have assumed they are related. Having bush bashed around the appropriate areas we built up a hunger so stopped at a seat nearby to have a sandwich which we brought with us.
The tram ride back was uneventful and we got off just before Schwarzenbergplatz and walked to the Seccession building where we viewed the grand Klimt frieze. There was not much else to look at for us so we wended our way home via the Karlskirche arriving in time to go out for dinner. This had not been planned as we expected to find the supermarket open, and to eat in. But that was not to be! However we were well rewarded with a nearby pub which served us an excellent schnitzel with potato salad. An ice cream on the way home was a great finish.
As we walked back from the pub last night we noticed a statue of one Herr Lessing in the middle of the Judenplatz. There was no explanation as to who he was!
Today it's warm again so we've had a stroll down to Hermanngasse and Kandelgasse where my father lived and went to school respectively. We were amused to note that on the ground floor of the apartment building was a bar called LOUNGE purporting to be a place to chill out! There also seemed to be a few businesses inhabiting the building and we couldn't tell whether there were still apartments there.
Tonight we eat at a place called Motto am Fluss at Schwedenplatz on the Danube not far from us. Looking forward to that and beginning the trek home tomorrow.
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