Happy Hostel Vienna

... br>Next day we went into town, because of the rain it took us ages to get into town... went and saw the array.. I mean a whole museum of plates and cutlery that the Austrian royality had obtained over the years.. OMG how many plate sets do you need!! Fredrick and Sisy (elizabeth) were the last ones to be in power. We visited the Royal apartments and heard all about her and her strange ways. We all concluded she had depression. I think ...

So, here starts my adventure in Austria, primarily Vienna.

On the way from Budapest, I look out of the window, and I see these huge things turning. And then it hits me - it's those wind power generators! Lots of them all the way to Vienna. Quite cool. I thought America was quite good in technology - how come I see this in Europe, and not in the US then???

One thing I am beginning to realize is that I am trying to use some local words whereever I am staying. And from ...

... of open coffins with mummified bodies from the early 18th century all still wearing period clothes, shoes, corsets and wigs and bonnets. Very creepy but cool at the same time... It was also explained to us that the floor we were walking on consisted of 4 metres worth of crushed coffins, bodies and bones. This was due to the fact that, despite paying more then the average annual wage to be buried there, after a couple of years when they ran out of room they simply ...

... room and it is beautiful. I have a view of the nice courtyard out of my window, I have a shower and sink, two closets and tons of under the bed storage. I was very surprised to have this much room in my single, but I love it. We just barely had a small tour of the Theresianum by Herr Martin, who is the administrator that continues to invite FPU back. This place is beautiful and there is soooo much to see. But ...

... were caught up in the crowds who were out for the Pope. Apparently, Austria is about 99% Catholic and it seemed so in the streets. Neither Jackie or i were really impressed with Vienna at this stage and we started back towards the hotel with another couple on the Metro and then the tram. This was really interesting trying to work there system and we found the locals very helpful and there English was excellent. Better still - because the Pope was in the city ...

... had seen the entire city. Though the tour was a bit drawn out, it was VERY thorough, and after walking around the city with Clayton and Brett (who did not go on the tour) I felt pretty good about myself as I was able to spit back all the info I had heard about the city throughout the day. I now consider myself to be an expert on Budapest....ok, not really, but whatever. After resting up a bit we all went out to a long leisurely dinner followed by ice cream and ...

... Museum (art history museum), which is really impressive. I remember my highschool art history book continually listing everything famous as being there. There were some seriously good pieces there. We spent a long time there too, because after thoroughly exploring the main floor of Rennaisance and so on art, there was another whole floor of Roman and other ancient art pieces. The whole place is just really cool. Perhaps my favorite museum so far is the last place we ...