Mercure Josefshof Vienna
Josefsgasse 4-6 Vienna, Vienna, 1080, Austria
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A Dehydrated Nation
Vienna is incredible. I'll begin with that strong and true statement, and please keep it in mind as you read along. Today was a day of true sightseeing – from the Belvedere art museum, where Klimt’s work is as beautiful in person as it is on postcards, to a lunch of Grogger beer and a slice of thin-crust feta cheese pizza in the city …
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Traveling to Vienna
Today it was an early start (5am) to catch a train, tube, train, flight x2, train, tube and then walk to my hotel. Didn't arrive until after 7pm and was exhausted! The trip into Vienna was kinda dodge - I was staying about 600m walk from the closest tube to my hotel and had the route all mapped out. When I arrived at the station it was defiantly dark, and one side of the tube was all lit up and safe looking, the other was all dark and gloomy. I always get ...
The big chill
... for all this Teutonic Germaness, the Austrians sure lucked out in the artistic department. Vienna has about eight world class art museums which I will try and jam pack into tomorrow, filled with major Klimts and Egon Schiele's galore. Mozart is from Salzburg and then you have the Vienna Boys Choir. Tonight I met the father of two choir members, and he was once a choir member himself before joining the Vienna Philharmonic. This place is ...
Slow and easy wins the race :)
... after resting at Karlsplatz like the locals for a while. On the way to the park we encountered that man I mentioned earlier who I thought was going to rob us but was actually really nice! It was a short walk and after we got there we were sad to see that the Strauss monument was gone for restoration, like our tour guide had warned us. It was surrounded by white panels as people worked on the frame, and the gold monument was gone. Luckily, my mom saw that they ...
The Island of the Blue..... Danube?
... into the commisary, but alas, not a soul in sight. We were also glad to know that the masses are in English and cater to the English speaking community, so if we get desperate, we can attend mass, we probably will not care what people are saying at that point and be happy for the sounds of English: ). Yes, yes, we know we ...



