At Hotel Europa Wien Vienna

... br>Anyway, after 2 acts of the opera (by that point, we had had about as much culture as we could handle), we got a quick dinner at a vendor on the street (brat! mmm) and headed back to the hostel to meet back up with the rest of our group for what we thought would be a quiet night. I mean, I ordered an apple juice at the hostel bar. But the bartenders had different ideas because it was a slow night, and they were bored: Name-That ...

... The park's main attraction is the Riesenrad, the giant Ferris wheel seen in the film The Third Man. There are compartments to go in to go up and around, no, we didn’t take the ride.

Then on the metro to see the Blue Danube, but it really isn’t blue. We sit and watch tour boats leaving. Someone had left a brochure on the tour boats giving their price and where they go and what you see. We think, hmm this might be good ...

... op en dr humus! Vervolgens dus naar een wijnhuis-tuin midden aan de rand van Wenen (vlak bij waar Nynke en zo wonen). Compleet met plee in het tuinhuisje, Lucky de Hond, sikkeneurige kellnerin in klederdracht, goedkope wijn en sluitingstijd om 22.00.. Vervolgens zouden we dus naar de Gürtel gaan om daar verder te zuipen, maar halverwege kreeg ik een telefoontje dat de tram dr mee was gekapt, dus hebben we maar wat gedronken in Nynkes stamkroeg op de hoek (leuke tent ...

... ate a wonderful breakfast, and then headed out for our first day of touring. We first went to the birthplace of the composers Joseph and Michael Haydn in Rohrau, which is just outside of Vienna. We toured the house and then boarded the bus again and headed to a little town on the Hungarian boarder called Rust for lunch. After lunch, we headed for the town of Eisenstadt where Joseph worked as a musician in the court of the princes of Esterhazy ...

... We went to the Haugenthaler (or something). I ordered a compari orange to drink. It wasn't that good because it tasted more like grapefruit than orange. To eat, I got hash browns and boiled roast. The hash browns were amazing. The meal also came with extra sauce. There was some sour cream type sauce which was good, and then an apple-horseradish sauce. It was interesting. The ...

... of the world, I really don't mind staying away. We arrived in Vienna and checked into our hostel. It was a large building with 7 floors of rooms and a large breakfast and common area. The rooms were some of the cleanest I've seen so far and the beds were clean and comfortable, each with their own duvet and feather pillow. We have booked this chain of hostels in two other locations in Germany and I am really happy about it. That evening we went out to explore and find dinner. To our ...

... section with rails for each different level with small text screens to show the words in English or German. Since there are more people than screens you have to share with the people around you. Luckily Emilie, an Australian girl from my hostel, and I were able to get one that we could put in English. After each act, a number of people left, so we had progressively more and more space. This was my first real opera ...

I traveled from Prague to Vienna this morning and decided to stay in a hostel instead of a hotel, in hopes of maybe meeting some people to either hang out with, or just to talk to, and it worked. I met this girl Jen today as I was getting into the hostel and she's traveling alone as well and is from Toronto. Not sure what she's up to tomorrow, but maybe we'll hang out...who knows. Today was also my birthday, and don't be alarmed if you didn't tell me ...

... the attendant did not hear my request for sugar, so after she finished with the next person, I asked her politely for some sugar; apparently this was not alright. She rolled her eyes, handed me a packet of sugar (while making that little "tisk" sound), and turned back to her coworker and made a rude face. I didn't realize sugar was such a big deal. However, all I could do was chuckle to myself because this was just so stereotypical. Everyone has some sort ...

Stayed in Austria, didn't have much planned. Saw some sites, the palace, the horses weren't in. Went shopping at some mall, got a great/cheap shirt and got Toddy an advertisement for The Simpson's in German. Traveled on old school street cars.