Hotel Asperner Lowe Vienna

... the S-bahn (above-ground train). I easily found the luggage lockers and then took the tram into the center of town. This was by far the easiest adjustment I’ve made when arriving to a new city. Usually it takes a while to figure out the public transport, but this was a breeze.

When I got to the city center I went on Rick Steves walking tour. It started at Vienna’s world-famous opera house and then went to a lovely square. There was a church there ...

... art as
well as a few more famous artists. There were a few Rubens' pieces, a
few Picasso, Monet, etc. Quite good collection, if you ask me.

There is an exhibit of Picasso open, which I am hoping to see before I go to Italy - I hope I get a chance to. :)

So that is my impression of Vienna.

A lot to see, but most things are close nearby. Beautiful city, although not my favorite. I'd say, a maybe-see for Europe.

Till next time in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic.

... Boeiend wel.. Nog een hele grappige Duitse sketch door ene Hape Kerkeling (wie??) uit de jaren 90 gezien.. Hij doet zomaar alsoftie Bea is!! Mag helemaal niet!! En hij is nog eens niet grappig ook, maar ja, welke Duitser is dat wel.. Zaterdag ging ik met Günter Sushi eten. De mensen naast ons hadden een enorm schip met allerlei sushis en slaatjes drop, dat wil ik volgende keer ook. Gelukkig dacht G gister weer dat ik boos was ...

Walking tour I love these walking tours, this one Vicki took and she gave really good descriptions of the sights. Mich mysteriously had urgent photo-checking to do on her camera each time Vicki gave the background and stories about a place. We saw a lot of places, and I decided to spend the next few hours sightseeing on my own before heading to the Schnapps museum. Spanish Riding School and Sigmund Freud Museum The Spanish Riding School was conducting its daily training ...

... and copious cups of t using our lovely new anker tea set and having a good old gossip in the random canteen like kitchen! Went to schloss schronbonn... amazing palace - that noon with mazes,the lot. also sat through an apple strudel demonstration, cuz we got tasters!! all good on the hangover. After this we went to amaying restaurant very cheap, authentic, massive portions, and warm as today the cold has come!!! We had Wiener ...

... got to Euro Disney (yes, we decided that we would go) to go on the roller coasters since they would be included in the admission price. But we did pay to go in the glass labyrinth, fun factory and Ferris wheel just for the laughs. It was also hilarious watching the parents put their kids on the docile horses who would spring to life once the music started playing.. One girl was so afraid of the horses once they started moving that she screamed her head off..

... this endless abyss of a cemetery; neither had I found the graves of any composers. Dead on my feet and defeated, I headed back towards the entrance. I did not find the composers' graves that day, and the only conclusion I could draw from my two hours' ramble among the departed, was that there a great many dead Austrians named Pollack! Later that afternoon, I headed to the Reisenrad fairground in the hope of riding the Ferris wheel made famous by Orson Welles ...

... giant tortoises that hardly moved. What a rip off! The next day I toured the Hofburg in downtown Vienna. The Hofburg was the winter palace of the monarchy and today houses the President's offices. It was big and spectacular, just like every other castle I have ever seen. And after the tour, it started to rain, so I came back to Salzburg, where it was also raining. It was an anti-climactic finish to a really spectacular city in Vienna.

... except the clothes today are much more casual). I climbed up the hill to the Gloriette at the top that was built in 1775 (according to the inscription) by Maria Theresa. From there are the best views looking back down at the palace with the city of Vienna off in the distance behind it. After grabbing a sandwich at the café there, I took the U-bahn back into the city, then caught the #71 tram southwards to the ...

... and Tom and I singing Hotel California- his first kareoke EVER! After the group decided to head home, four of us stuck it out- Tom, Sean, Cindy and myself. After nearly peeing in a bush (I found an open bar which let me use the bathroom in the nick of time) we finally found the Bermuda Triangle, and another round of drinks. We finally headed back to the hotel, not before messing around with the windshield wipers on the Contiki bus.