Last Waltz in Vienna

For our last treat for dinner we had booked Motto am Fluss, a restaurant on the bank of the Danube that just about every reviewer in TripAdvisor was lyrical about. They were right! We were given window seats above the river. The service was total unobtrusive attendance, the food uncomplicated but sophisticated (Tony loved the tarte tatin topped with figs and Balinese pepper ice cream). The waiter commended the red Austrian wine we selected (a brilliant deep ruby merlot so good that we finished the bottle before we realised) and took our photo for us. This part of town, especially at night, felt very different and somehow more friendly than the grand baroque buildings that surround our apartment. Everything set the upbeat mood to end our Viennese interlude. Tomorrow morning we decamp to the airport.