Academia Hotel Vienna

Seeming that I got all of my tickets around the world for so cheap, I had to expect the worst as far as comfort and service. surprisingly, this was not the case at all to cairo, austrian airlines is hands down the best airline i have ever flown with. Really comfortable ...

... is still very high on my reading list, and maybe it's even better to read it after experiencing Vienna "in person"...<br><br><br>the very name "Vienna" had always been full of various associations in my mind...<br><br>one obvious association is music...<br><br><br>Mozart, Schubert, Strauss, Beethoven, Brahms...just to imagine all the composers who lived and worked in Vienna, who walked the streets of this city...<br ...

... your help the other night! Ashley - It was so nice to meet you!! Thanks for being a good sport about things and for being my "pole." If you are ever in Boston, let me know! *************** Ok, at this point all those people who know me as the little sister or daughter need to stop reading. You will not want to hear about this. ***************** I was debating leaving this out, but I figured I need to learn to point the figure out ...

... big (no, Markus?), it has wonderful gardens around (arrondeder...). The last day we worked with Markus in a garden and a terrace, what was actually very nice, because it helped us to spend less than 40 &euro; for the whole length of the trip. Moreover, we learnt very nice things that we expect to apply in our future garden.

... the crutch of Starbucks. Late addition to today's update (post Starbucks): I decided to give Wien yet another chance. I resolutely left Starbucks and headed for the Hapsburg treasury. The lady said that they were closing soon and that it wasn't worth it to go inside. Strike 1. Next, I went to find Indian food. Walked for 30 minutes, and it didn't open until 6. Strike 2. Decided to try the opera: standing room tickets are 2 Euro. I ...

Hello from Wien, Austria...aka Vienna in English!! I am doing good here and enjoying Austria..country number 8 (counting the vatican)!!!! We left Munich this morning at 9:30. The train was a little over 4 hours. It went by very fast! We rode through a lot of pretty farm land and country side. The waz we came from Munich we did not see much of the Austrian mountains..I guess this area is more the farming area with rolling hillsides. By the time we found our hostel and got in it was 2pm ...

Yesterday we had a fabulous speaker who gave a lecture on the history of music in Vienna. The speaker is a professor of music and so was very engaging. Unfortunately, we only got through Strauss because he had had so much to sa about other composers, such as Beethoven, Shubert, Motzart, and Strauss. It was really facinating to hear so many details about these great artists, and the transformation of the music culture of Vienna. Now I ...