Mercure Grand Hotel Biedermeier Vienna

... on a war with the world at large, one grumpy male, who arrived after the train had left the station and the lights were out. <br><br>Next door, the American, the Canadian and the two Australians were sounding like they were going to be going all night; that is until grumpy male in our cabin hit the wall so hard, the whole cabin rattled. Suddenly it went quiet next door, and our cabin settled into some sort of somnolence.....until the train braked, and the door to the ...

... 8217;s. St. Stephen&#8217;s had a lot of horses outside, which announced their presence with smell before sight.<br><br>Being Sunday, most stores were closed for the day, but that didn&#8217;t keep the crowds or street performers away. This did not deter us from taking in the sights. We ended up walking toward the canal of the Blue Danube, which wasn&#8217;t blue. Along the canal walk was a great deal of graffiti, which was surprising ...

... it seems to focus more on it's wine making more than food but we had a delicious meal none-the-less of knudels, sausages and salads. We also spent a good amount of time just walking around and enjoying the beautiful streets and cafe's. Since we've had a bit more time it's been nice to not have to run around like crazy to get all the things done in such a short amount of time. Hope all is well at home and we'll have some updates soon. Until next time, Bianca and Michael

... a light one, hoping to not get the jitters. We walked around a bit more in the world's largest zither-free-zone, when we found the Hundertwasserhaus. This tall house is totally gorgeous. Designed by a guy with no formal architecture training, it yells (architecturally) fun, adventure, home, joy, and jokes into the neighborhood of surrounding boring buildings. If Hundertwasserhaus is what untrained architects give us, I think the world could use some more ...

... thinking at about balloon speed. I know some of you just thought "wow that fast" but "I can't hear you". We have a day and a half to let the brain catch up to us here, and will visit with friends and family before heading down to Klagenfurt. The older member of the group is sick and not moving at full speed, the council will meet again to decide if he should be cut from the herd or allowed more time to recover. Tune in next entry to see if Darwin or Theresa will out! Blessings.

... I would have a wonderful time singing in a choir with him, he was so clear about what he wanted and you could tell he loved what he was doing. When the mass was over I had to be let out of the gate, a man literally had to get a key and unlock it for me, it was kind of wierd. In the afternoon Caroline and I decided we wanted to go find our last scavenger hunt place, the Franciscan Kirche. We invited Katie ...

... as I normally head off. I must have had countless 6 o'clock flights... it just felt like I was wagging school. I also felt like I couldn't be bothered with the trip and that I would have preferred to cancel it if I could. Now it remains to be seen whether a couple weeks traveling around the Balkans will be worth the effort. Some people make the trip just to stand in queues at places like Disneyland and to see the Mona Lisa and I suspect my trip will be a bit more eventful than that.

... of transport and try and make your way through the interesting cobweb of streets that make up Vienna that things become a little hairy. Never in our lives have we been surrounded by so many other tourists all staring at maps trying to make sense of a)the maps , b) their location on the map and c) the street names. The streets all have names like "Schlachthausgasse"or "Wolkersbergenstrasse" and all the streets are very short. This means that all maps, no ...

... spent 2 days just wondering around looking at the building. they are extravagant and way over the top. kinda wastful but still pretty. it rained a bit but still nice. olivia as ever, is being a fantastic baby, sleeping thru the night too. she's having lots of fun and are we.