We're staying in a Viennese Palace! | A full tour + our night at the Opera 🎭

[@Sparrowdean]

Much respect, Stephanie. I don't know how you do it because preparing, filming, and editing are tough, time-consuming gigs. Your enthusiasm and dedication are admirable. Well deserved credit to you.

[@lgrigg5439]

Very well spoken

[@dianetipton6040]

Just an amazing production, all created while she is “vacationing.”

[@infobyjackdotson3923]

Stephanie, your enthusiasm and upbeat personality is just contagious 😊😊and your work ethics is amazing. I am so glad that I started watching you when you started vlogging and I’ve loved every you have done.

[@mikehammersley177]

Couldn’t agree more! Thank you Stephanie.

[@brislingerland3742]

Thank you for sharing this with us. You are always soooo well prepared! It looks that the four of you are having a great time! Brigitte 🌷

[@susanneking2524]

I love how much fun your aunt and uncle are...they are treasures!

[@annaibarra3447]

I so agree.

[@kimcrofoot8517]

Me too

[@rhondathomas7952]

You know what always amazes me, Stephanie you always just let the information flow from all you have studied. Your stage presence is impeccable! I taught and directed theatre for 13 years so things like articulation and projection and stage presence always impress me. 😂😂😂

[@therealtartuffe]

Stephanie is a trained opera singer and it shows. Her deportment is exceptional. So graceful. ❤❤❤

[@dianegriffith3006]

Yes she’s excellent in presentation.

[@kindlydude]

I would be surprised if Stephanie had not also studied ballet. Her hand gestures, posture, carriage, and deportment are graceful, lovely... exquisite!! 💃

[@mariannefolise2831]

❤Beautiful work…I ordered the book Reluctant Empress!!!

[@lunalouhoo]

And her vocabulary is vast and creative!

[@pw4075]

Your aunt looks so pretty at the opera in her red dress.

[@AvaT42]

I thought so too!!

[@jefflawrentz1624]

Ditto!

[@lindamitman4538]

Wow that hotel is fabulous. I’m so glad they let you show us the royal suite - it’s such a treat to get a behind the scenes tour from a hotel concierge.

[@kindlydude]

...and just before Stephanie stepped into the suite I caught a glimpse of the famous portrait (perhaps a print) of Empress Elisabeth of Austria... better known as "Sisi", and also Queen of Hungary. She was depicted in a series of historical romance movies by the adorable actress Romy Schneider, who played a bubbly, vivacious darling and very blonde Sisi. The real Sisi was a brunette who spent at least an hour brushing and braiding her hair daily (with help of course). The gown she is wearing is exquisite with little sparkling stars all over it.

[@kindlydude]

oops! I wrote this before I'd finished watching the whole video!

[@kimberlyearly8918]

It's so cool that the hotel will take the time and allow a private tour of the royal suite. I sometimes wonder how she goes about convincing them to do so.

[@claireburkus8497]

Oh my! 52 years ago ! My honeymoon….loved every moment we spent in Vienna! ❤❤

[@Jinjerella]

The opera house was like something out of an old movie. It didn't disappoint at all.

[@barbaralamoreaux328]

What a treat! Thank you for the history and architecture tour, and especially the behind the scenes at the opera. Most of us will never experience a box at the theater, but now we’ve had a glimpse!

[@djdemasco8721]

I was in the south of France for Christmas but my luggage was sent to Vienna. Apparently it had a wonderful time. I received it back a day and a half later.

[@kindlydude]

😉😂🤣

[@pattiearehart118]

The dressing gown is like looking at something Marie Antoinette would wear! Absolutely gorgeous!

[@briw9384]

Your commentary is always excellent... do you ever read from a script or just off the top of your head? either way ,youre a marvelous public speaker

[@kimberlyearly8918]

Looks like she just remembers all the information which is truly impressive.

[@ChristineKelly1000]

See, what other vlog would you get such an array of subject matter. Daily life at a chateau, renovation, decoration, cute puppy, cute boyfriend, cute cousin, beautiful friendships, gardening, sewing, cookery, DIY AND travel and culture? I love Dans’ vlogs, but there are only so many times you can watch someone chuck bits of a building out a window!

[@magdalenaorzol]

ohh there is no other storyteller that engrosses and captivated the listener as well as Steph... the Sisi depiction was great!

[@renaepetersen2393]

Thank you for all you do; for taking us along on these fancy adventures, and for doing and sharing your research on these exquisite places.

[@katieirish5765]

My husband retires this year and Vienna is on our travel list. And now, so will this hotel!

[@ilovelovebucket]

Stephanie you so deserve all of your success. Thank you for taking us along! Such a treat!

[@donnateatro2962]

You are amazing!

[@RuthellenHerzberg]

For a moment I thought Sara, the lady who showed you the suite, was Nati. Am I the only one?

[@Sparrowdean]

No, I had the same though when I saw her ponytail from the side.

[@lululand1653]

It was my immediate thought when we first saw Sara.

[@Motherhubbard170]

same

[@dianegriffith3006]

I said that too- did a double take.

[@eaccristo]

Me too

[@stephaniemorosin6575]

Do they have any pictures of what the stables looked like then? Would truly love to see them!!

[@johnwilliamtuckey2796]

Oh Stephanie I absolutely adore your dressing gown that even matched the interior of your Imperial hotel room!!!

[@Bella-zh1me]

Most of us will never get to stay in such luxury. Thanks for taking us.

[@rayn8740]

According to National Public Radio's Tom Huizenga, "Puccini's La Fanciulla del West (Girl of the Golden West), is his best, least-known opera. It premiered Dec. 10, 1910 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, with conductor Arturo Toscanini leading a starry cast including Enrico Caruso, Emmy Destinn and Pasquale Amato." When you said "spaghetti western", I didn't realize you meant a literal "miner, forty-niner." Stephanie, I wish you had given us the full reveal on the dress, especially after your Uncle Steve's compliment. I loved the tour. The Royal Suite and function rooms were beautiful. Safe travels! ❤ from TX!

[@salt8661]

Beautiful! And please remember to tip your hotel staff my friends.

[@skdoremi6666]

.......we only give the carrier or the housekeeper tips 😊. Some leaves generous tips only at the end of the visit....generally it's around 2€ .

[@patriciademilta6179]

Your aunt is such a gem Stephanie

[@DonniTom]

If you did a travel show on architectural history- exterior and interiors i would be addicted. Have the lalanders join you

[@nadeansimmons226]

Travels with my friend ... She does

[@monicariske]

Was going to say the same!

[@TravelStephanie]

Plus Stephanie’s Grand Tour of Europe - she has 2 channels dedicated to this

[@rosemariedeschenes7013]

The hotel and opera house were spectacular ❤❤❤❤❤

[@LifewiththeLyon]

The stone! The stone! The stone! Oh my gosh! What a treat getting to see all of those luxurious marbles. So many of which one never gets to see nowadays as they were all mined out. Love love love this tour of the hotel.

[@hahna77]

It was jaw droppingly beautiful. The kind of stones I imagine we will see in the Paradise to come.

[@toddmurphy523]

Stephanie, your dressing gown looks so elegant.

[@rankinstudios5342]

Stephanie, please model/show us your outfits when you are dressed up. We enjoy seeing all of you dressed up. Lovely Vienna video. Empress Sissi is a fantastic movie, too. 😊

[@Helen-us1ly]

The stuff of dreams.Stefanie you are my favorite person on the internet.

[@susannahwhitaker994]

Oh Stephanie I really ,really enjoyed coming with you all. When your uncle said he was tired at breakfast and lent on Phillip ,I could see Amaury in his face ,such a lovely family . You do deserve everything you have . Thankyou 🤗

[@jac1797]

The moment you went into the Imperial Palace I started to smile and didn't stop till the very end. That was so fun and exciting and informative! Thank you so much for taking us with you!

[@138NastyNate]

That Hotel was stunning. What beautiful architecture absolutely breath taking.

[@milmapletree279]

I forgot to say how much I loved your dressing gown, very befitting for your stay.

[@carolehanrahan]

I love the dressing gown and thought you looked very fetching in it. What amazing travels you have. I'm a wee bit jealous. Love you all tons.

[@jpfloru8669]

The anecdote about when The Queen stayed was amazing - probably one of my all time favourite anecdotes since watching The Chateau Diaries since 2020.

[@normamurray4450]

Just a heads up, put an old blanket over the windshield of your vehicle at night and it will prevent the car windshield from ice buildup. Wow, what a lovely hotel you're in!

[@darbyking-maillot4105]

Very Marie Antoinette in the dressing gown eating cake ❤

[@kindlydude]

😉

[@sallysampson628]

What a truly exquisite hotel. How the other half lived eh!! 🥂🍾🥰🙅‍♀️🙅‍♀️

[@GRANDIPRTradeMarkAcceleartor]

Wow, impressive. You ought to have a cloche at Lalande with petit fours in them and a little chest of drawers like that for your guests Stephanie. Love the dressing gown by the way. You look lovely in everything!

[@nativemom4992]

Your dressing gown looks like what a queen would wear. You all looked stunning for the Opera. I would love to visit one day. 😊

[@janethamil9337]

Thank you for the wonderful time in Vienna. That hotel is absolutely beautiful.

[@MaryLawrence-c8v]

How beautiful, Stephanie you really do take us along with you.That hotel was spectacular!

[@peggybancroft39]

Thank you for sharing your travels with us. This is the only way I will ever see things like this. I love all the details in the history of the palace.

[@roseargetsinger2217]

Your Auntie looks So Elegant in her Red Gown. She's a vision . .

[@christopherhowison5873]

To say your life is an absolute fairytale simply would not do it justice. I’m simply in awe of it all. ❤️🇺🇸

[@cristineramos6051]

Thank you for sharing your trip with us. It has to be said that as beautiful as Vienna is. Tatinette’s red dress at the opera is worth mentioning as well. So beautiful!

[@erenareynolds6692]

Love your tour of the hotel and the history … Stephanie you are an excellent articulate hostess when taking us along …

[@jennifercampbell7698]

Thank you for sharing your travels Stephanie! You have such Joie de Vivre, almost childlike in your sense of wonder and delight at all you see and do. Don’t ever change as you light up people’s lives. I know behind the scenes you work hard to produce and edit your vlogs and I’m sure undertake research to provide information so thank you again for your work. And have a wonderful time in Vienna with Philip and Chantelle and Stephen.

[@heidihalderman1118]

Not showing at all, I’m living vicariously thru you. Thank you.

[@queaniesincetip4363]

Omgoodness, I think that dressing gown (and nightgown) is the most beautiful - and perfect - thing you've ever worn! (And you wear beautiful things all the time)

[@teresacarle294]

😊Yes...wholeheartedly agree!!! 🤍💙That ruffled Victorian wrapper was quite spectacular over her silky, elegant negligee💙🤍. It beautifully highlighted her fabulous femininity. It was a grand garment perfectly fitting for a 👑princess in a Viennese palace. 💚Bridget from Cali☘️ (using my pal's YT acct)

[@chemokiki]

One of the best ever! The hotel is spectacular but there are hardly words for the Royal Suite ..absolutely sumptuous! Seems well worth the massive effort to get there. I'm going to rewatch right now. Thank you!

[@loveykukahiko4815]

I travel with No one who would get all excited with all the beautiful old places. This is one of so many reasons I'm here still. The way you get excited and dress the part, love the robe. Enjoy your time and hope we get to see more!

[@Margaux247]

Your time in Vienna looks magical!❤❤

[@nancystevens7447]

Your dressing gown is very girly and I love it,thanks for sharing all your adventures with so many would be travelers! Happy New Year

[@melaniewest3947]

What a beautiful place. You all look gorgeous. Enjoy your time. Its amazing where we get to go with Stephanie.

[@susanknox5402]

I have always wanted to go to Vienna, Stephanie, but it will likely never come to pass. That's OK thought , because your tour was extraordinary. All I could have hoped for. Thank you!.🇨🇦

[@maryb.7043]

I loved Vienna when we visited there. It was also in the middle of winter! This was delightful. Thank you for taking us along.

[@kindlydude]

New Year's Eve &/or New Year's Day is not rung in properly without listening to Johann Strauss' Blue Danube Waltz, and other lovely waltzes and polkas, etc. ...by watching The Vienna Philharmonic with the beautiful Vienna State Ballet at the gorgeous Musikverein concert hall... and other sundry beautiful outdoor settings for the ballet dancers (filmed earlier in the year in warmer months). I also love watching the world-famous Riding School where the amazing and marvelous Lippizaner Stallions perform at the Palace at Schonbrunn. It doesn't feel like a fresh new start for the New Year until I've waltzed around the room with a glass of champagne to a Strauss waltz!! 💃

[@normamurray4450]

That was a real treat! Thank you for taking us along on part of your holiday!

[@MarianneInmarsilia]

My daughter would often take the train (s) to Vienna from Marseille…..quite a hike, but low carbon footprint

[@RosemaryOltarzewski]

Oh I love your dressing gown❤ soooo pretty. Lots of love to you, Phillip and Auntie & Uncle 😂❤

[@janegendreau6595]

Stephanie, thank you for walking us through the history of this magnificent hotel!! Simply fascinating!! I'm happy for your Aunt to be able to see her life-long dream come to pass!! Enjoy your travels!! 🇺🇸

[@robindykeman8404]

As an Interior Designer, loved the walk through. Thank you❤

[@barneygoddard6421]

Stephanie, you outdid any other vedieo. You and Philip continue to out do yourselves. Bravo

[@annaibarra3447]

What a spectacular hotel. I love how you two with your Aunt & Uncle love so much of the common things. ❤. Your aunt looks beautiful in that red dress. I love it.

[@teresacarle294]

Yes! 💯% agree. Chantel was ravishing in red💋 & Stephen was dapper in his elegant evening suit. 🥺Too bad we didn't get a 👀full glimpse of Stephanie & Philip in their glamorous regalia too. Could you imagine Amaury at the opera!? 🤫It just doesn't seem his thing. They're very fortunate to be able to 🛄 travel with like minded souls, esp. who are so simpatico. It's lovely to share exciting events with loved ones. The four of them, incl. Philip, have such stylish champagne taste🥂. They are all 🥰blessed to have each other🫂. 🤩We are blessed they share their love, fellowship, & ✨️world class level✨️ experiences with the lot of us. 😘 I'm perfectly content as an armchair traveler 🗺〰️living vicariously through their 💫 amazing adventures❤. 💚Bridget from Cali☘️ (using my pal's YT acct)

[@lesliemcfarlane783]

Thank you for taking us along on your vacation. I would never know these places existed if it wasnt for your channel. Also I always love a history lesson. I loved the opera house too.

[@ricardathomason5485]

Thank you so much for taking us along to Vienna. Loved every moment. What a beautiful hotel, such a special time for you all.

[@lisamcbarron6047]

I always ALWAYS learn sooo much when I watch you in your travels!!! And your Aunt and Uncle are just such fun loving and happy people - I adore them!! Poor Phillip didn't want to be a race car driver and I'm so glad he handled the icy road with no crashes!!! I look forward to seeing the rest of your Viennese adventures!!!

[@rochellezimmerbishop4681]

Oh Stephanie, thank you for bringing your formidable talents and interests and presentation skills to my doorstep. You are a joy to me, and I cant believe I get to follow you and your home and travel vlogs which are so beautifully curated and edited, and the content which can bring tears to the eyes, such as your current video on the Imperial does for me. And that really is due to you and your ability to share your fascination.

[@sarahmiller5632]

Amazing palace/hotel! Not to mention the opera house! Thank you for taking us on the tour! What a wonderful life you have made for yourself. 🤗🇨🇦

[@romiehutson5230]

Never being to Europe. You have no idea how FABULOUS this was for this southern Cali girl was😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@MaryEllen_of_OBX]

I watched a lovely old movie called Sissy about the empress once. Highly recommend it.

[@MsSherryjh]

Marzipan and chocolate, what a wonderful way to end the day.

[@marihart-qbc]

Vous nous faites rêver en nous invitant à vos côtés à Vienne . Merci pour cette visite vous êtes une merveilleuse ambassadrice !

[@IRSA1]

Oh boy, such a tough life !

[@juliannemaisey5047]

A stunningly elegant robe Stephanie ❤️🥂

[@martinethevenau69]

Vienna is a beautiful city. I visited it twice during winter with snow. The hotel was just exquisite and the royal suite was stunning. I had chandelier envy seeing the bar area.

[@georgeshelton9283]

What an amazing vlog.

[@sonjakogler2356]

Oh, could I have a friend like you are, always interested and laughing! I love your vlogs. They are heartwarming for me, esspecially this one.. I am from Austria... 😘😘😘Love from Styria

[@rablatour]

My husband just said that you have the most upbeat and happy demeanor. ❤

[@eaccristo]

What a Magnificent Building!! And the History lesson and portraits. ❤ Opera also. Things I dream of. Glad you all are having a fabulous time.

[@y.lelivelt2619]

Thanks Stephanie and Philip to take the time and the camera during this trip to Vienna..

[@triplet3023]

Another fabulous episode. Thank you so much. Love the historical narratives that you provide and the enthusiasm. You and Phillip seem to have a really lovely relationship. Age is only a number and it does not define who you are, what you are capable of and how you feel. I think of Joan Collins and her husband, Percy. He is 32 years younger and they have been married for almost 22 years and happily married still. That is what matters. Vienna seems to be a place to visit :)

[@lindataylor5779]

In the summer of 1962, my father, a Chemistry Professor at Ohio State University took a research position at the University of Denver. He and my mother attended a performance of Puccini's The Girl of the Golden West (La fanciulla del West) at the Central City Opera House, built in 1878 by Welsh and Cornish miners in a historic gold mining town--the perfect setting for the opera which was based on a play about the California Gold Rush. Because of its American setting, the opera was first performed at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC in 1910.

[@charlotter.morrill6503]

Bravo and Than You! Such enormous fun! You manage to make the process of learning about history and culture a delightful experience. Although I have to say that the enormous swan faucets in our bathroom at the Ritz in Paris were pretty wonderful. I could not believe that I was actually standing in a hotel bathroom taking picture of a faucet for those at home. I have never been to Vienna and had a ball watching you enjoy it. And one can almost FEEL Phillip soaking it all in and filing away ideas and adaptations, which is why he is such a grand travelling companion, along with your extraordinary aunt and uncle.

[@913willow]

Love the dressing gown ❤❤❤❤❤!!!!

[@Harpmary]

Your aunt dresses so beautifully. I am always inspired by her clothes and sense of style!

[@karentillotson9772]

Showing us places many of us would never be able to see and explaining the history, decor, architecture, food, cultures of the times then and now, with such descriptive ease, & clarity is such a treat, Stephanie. And Phillip, with the camera and everything you do to keep things together and moving along...bravo! You two are quite the team and your viewers are actually blessed to be able to share so many experiences. Many thanks!

[@ankiking]

I can’t handle airport stress, I always there hours ahead and then just relax and read/play games/shop.

[@catcapers4973]

Loved this. I'm a huge fan, and I mean a huge fan of Celine Dion. 4 years after she had stayed at a hotel in Australia, I made an enquiry as to how to stay in the same room she would have been in. Can you believe they called security ? Celine wasn't in the country, so why on earth did they act like that. 😂

[@rsmith1820]

I would have been gleefully standing outside of class everyday if Stephanie was my History professor

[@laurag.2148]

I needed you today, dear Stephanie! You are a treasure! ❤️🇨🇦

[@pamorama]

This brought me back to my 2006 trip to Vienna. But while I stay at a beautiful hotel called the Altstadt, I can now kick myself for not going to the imperial hotel or the opera house, which was closed for the season when we were there in July. You make these trips so vivid and real for those of us are watching, and all I could think about was how much fun it would be to hang out in Vienna with Phillip Stephanie and her auntie and uncle! I'm experiencing your videos in a completely random way allowing the algorithm to throw up whatever so I know this is history but still so much fun to watch

[@joanwalker9809]

Stephanie! Thank you so much for taking us along on this beautiful tour, history lesson, and yes..... another glimpse at what your Aunt T is wearing next! (My mother was a designer in the 50’s ... I am always grinning when your Aunt walks in dressed to the 9’s.... I can hear my mother’s assessment of how well she looks, and exactly why! Right down to the lips color! 😊) I stayed in that grand palace years ago.... I so enjoy The elegance of living delighted by the artful expressions of life.... that now seem to be; unimaginably .... hood-e’s!! 😜 Thank you so much; you and Phillip... for taking such notice to the art, architecture, craftsmanship, and social settings that are pure delight! What a treat!! And; Stephanie.... not everyone can go so seamlessly from a discussion on pig-trotters to the opera with an apparent ease !! I could hear my father (looking up from his drafting board) saying, “Yes; Joanie; remember .... true grace can walk anywhere... and without so much as a smudge!” Then he would cheerfully smile 😊 I sure miss he and my mom! Such lovely people! Cheers to all! Thank you for always making such thoughtful videos! Love the interesting work on the chapel! Just extraordinary skill and artistry!

[@renateKnittl]

Dear Stephanie, Vienna is honored to have you...enjoy!

[@daisyglade1283]

Thank you for letting us join you all at the most luxurious of hotels and for sharing the tiny golden nuggets of its past. Stephanie's dressing gown was terribly chic and elegant but I chuckled when she was upstaged by tan tan Steven in his white towelling bath robe matching slippers and black 'bumble bee' socks!😆

[@jenniferkuperman2589]

BTW 'Chrain' is an excellent blood cleanser. Bravo, you KNEW that!!

[@kendallprice2676]

Oh Stephanie, I what a beautiful dressing gown! Could you share the maker?

[@annabelbunyard1365]

What a beautiful Hotel! Thank you for giving us all the grand tour! Have a fabulous time!❤

[@judithmccartney1045]

Wow, Wow, Wow! This was simply wonderful - you are amazing Stephanie, especially as you have to come home after a wonderful night at the Opera to edit a vlog for us - before going to bed. Your commentary was so superior to any travel show - I wish I could hop on a plane right now and travel to Vienna for several nights in that spectacular hotel. I live in the spectacular Deep South of New Zealand and the highlight of my day is coming home from work to watch your daily Vlog. Thank you, thank you, thank you ❤

[@ra_jcat6607]

I live in Vienna and everyday it gives new things to explore... And the horseradish story happened to me too the first time I got here😅😂😂😂