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Valuable Lessons Learned

A travel blog entry by daveaway

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... as I would have liked. At least that’s what I should have thought. ...

... We weren't too far from th centre of Florence but it was awkward for public transport so we decided to get a cab into one of the museums (can't remember which one) but it was full of wonderful paintings and sculptures. I was having a bad day with my hip so Guy got me a wheelchair which saved the day and I was still able to see everything. But Italian organisation and logistics often leaves a bit to be desired and no-one told ...

Vienna: Upsetting the balance in an uppity city

A travel blog entry by emizner

... nice dark beer (totally taking every opportunity I could to get dark beer before going back to Spain where there is none) with weiner schnitzel and potatoes.

After dinner, we continued walking around the city a bit more. At one point, we realized we were walking by a strip club and a series of sketchy looking bars, meaning we had probably made it out of the touristy area. As it was getting late at that point, we decided to head back in the ...

Days 11 & 12

A travel blog entry by rachelkay

... through rain and sunshine, we finally arrived in Vienna.

It was cold, it was windy, it was not a very nice welcome. I actually had no chance to do much except get myself changed and then head out with the U3 to Ottakring to see Sarah and her new apartment and celebrate the start of summer, her graduation from college and my arrival and Kathi's good grades at uni. We had a blast with Mikey and Corvin and ...

13. Wien(er Schnitzel)

A travel blog entry by sarahandblairnz

... down. He headed off and I took the time to have a look in the shops before catching the U-bahn (metro) out to Donau Insel (Danube Island) where I was going to hire a bike and cruise through the bush along the river. But then it started to pour - so I walked in the direction of the Hundertwasser house and got horribly lost.

A lovely elderly Austrian lady saw me with my map and tried to help me and while she babbled away in German I nodded a lot and ...