That’s why we went to Kahlenberg today. The view from the top was more foggy than last time, but it was just the begining of our trip. After a while we headed towards the Leopoldsberg through Wiener Wald. The hill is only 425 meters above the sea and on the top you can admire a nice view of the city. There’s also a small church devoted to Saint Leopold – and that’s the reason why the mountain is called Leopoldsberg.
Walking through the wood and vineyard we finally reached a village Klosterneuburg, situated 13 km from Vienna. It’s famous of the Augustinian Monastery, built in 12th century. There are many rooms inside, including a church, chapel with the grave of St. Leopold and a museum. The ceiling has been decorated with frescos depicting the miracles performed by the Saint and the church is richly decorated, e.g. with gold. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to enter the museum. There were a lot of people near the monastery today, because the day of St. Leopold, the patron of Vienna was celebrated.
And just e few steps from the monastery emerged quite a big market with a small fun fair, not as attractive as the one near the City Hall.
Many people visited the church today, the mass started with a long procession: altar boys and servers dressed in long albs, the wind was blowing in their white clothes, the yellow walls of the monastery were proudly reflecting the sun, the sound of the bells spread across the land..
Our trip finished in a small inn. Almost everyone (4 people) grabbed some meat and I had to order the only one vegetarian meal. Better this than nothing. At least our sunday-austrian-dinner tradition was sustained.
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