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Well, we finally got here after our harrowing experience of almost missing our flight from Paris we were the last ones on the plane with no one else in sight at the gate. All of this was due to the security officers strike and there being only three security checks for hundreds (maybe even thousands of people eager to fly our of Paris). We did have a good flight, though, and landed safely at the Vienna airport where we were met by the GYLC reps. Min immediately started to make friends with th...

I just finished an afternoon of, first of all, figuring out some of the public transport system so that I will no longer be spending all of my spending money for transportation. When I took the taxi from Vienna to the Hotel Pyramide last night it only cost 18 Eur...this morning when I tried to take one from the hotel to my new hotel in inner Vienna it was going to cost me 32 Eur...go figure!! So, I bit the bullet and since it was daytime and I was able to read things clearly I learned what tr...

Today was another long travel day, however unlike the last travel day; this one didn't start so well. After the standard continental breakfast, we all packed our bags and headed to the bus. Everything was going smoothly until I realised my charm bracelet was missing. After frantically searching the seat and my clothing, I asked Renee if anyone had picked up or handed in a bracelet. Her answer unfortunately was negative. SO I hopped off the coach, and enquired with reception, also nothing. In ...

Another day, another city to explore. We all set off on the bus to Vienna. Today Leonie and I headed off together leaving the boys to do their own thing. We still hadn't found a body piercing shop for Leonie, so we headed off in search of one. We looked everywhere, wandering the length and breadth of Vienna until we found the flea markets. We wandered through inhaling the delicious smells that permeated the market, whilst looking at the wares on sale. We'd pretty much given up the idea that t...

I was woken this morning from a dream, and really didn't feel like getting up..half asleep we battled the shower, which I forgot to mention didn't have a shower curtain and a floppy hand held shower nozzle. So as a result we had a flood of the bathroom including the toilet seat. The same happened yesterday, and we just left all the towels wet on the floor!
Bags out by 7.15am, we had breakfast and were on the bus by 8am, our bags were close to follow..not the most effecient porter. We sett...

We had decided to do Schonbrun Palace and the Opera house as an optional excursion whilst in Vienna, as I had liked it alot the last time and Dan thought it would be good. The 7.30am time departure had deterred alot of the others, and as a consequence there was only 8 of us on the bus at 7.30am in the morning. It was hard to get up and out of bed at 6.30am, the breakfast at the hotel was nice enough and a few bread rolls were taken as backup food. We were at Schonbrun palace by 8am is...

Spent most of yesterday travelling on the bus to Vienna, Austria, with the usual stopoffs. Arrived at our hotel which was nice-was in the shape of a pyramid. Had dinner at a vineyard with musicians. Food was OK. Nothing to rave about. Went to a classical concert afterwards which was fantastic. Was in the music room at one of the palaces and included orchestra, opera singers and ballet dancers. Very tasteful and even those who don't like classical music would enjoy it. They played mainly Mozar...

21st May - Vienna - Contiki We left the Hotl at 8:15 and stopped for lunch at 'Excalabar' which is a complex in 'no mans land' - in between the Czech & Austria border. We arrived in Vienna at 2:30 and did a city drive tour around the Ring Road. We then did a quick walking tour with Jourdana (Tour manager) After that we had a piece of Sacher cake at Hotel Sacher before catching the bus to Hotel. After a quick change into our best clothes we went to Schonbrunn Palace for a posh 3 course mea...

This morning we got up early for the long drive to Vienna. Along the way we saw some really good snow and at one of the Autogrills along the way we had a play snowball fight...Only in Europe :) We arrived to our fabulous hotel in Vienna (Event Hotel Pyramide) late afternoon. It had lots of great amenities like a pool spa, sauna etc...It is also right across the road from one of the biggest malls in Europe. Our rooms were huge (ours especially, it was actually the honeymoon suite so we had a l...

We left the Hotel at 8:15 and stopped for lunch at 'Excalabar' which is a complex in 'no mans land' - in between the Czech & Austria border. We arrived in Vienna at 2:30 and did a city drive tour around the Ring Road. We then did a quick walking tour with Jordana (Tour manager) After that we had a piece of Sacher cake at Hotel Sacher before catching the bus to Hotel. After a quick change into our best clothes we went to Schonbrunn Palace for a posh 3 course meal - soup, turkey and Apple S...