Mercure Zentrum Vienna

... reverse bungies, and all sorts of other delights, we came to an open-air restaurant, called the Schweizerhaus, famous in Si’s mind (see we told you he’s a legend in his own lunch time) for Schweizerhaus Stelze (knuckle of pork). The knuckle is roasted with the crackling being cooked to within a centimetre of its life, and the meat just falls off the bones, to melt into your mouth. With Si having a Paulner beer, and Nel having a drink called Cool C (combining ...

... br><br>Bronwyn is keeping a travel scrapbook and we have just spent the best part of three hours doing ten pages on Munich. Both Murray and myself hope that it will be a lasting memory for years to come.<br><br>Not much more to report at this stage. I had best go and check the lay of the land with Murray and Bronwyn as they are sitting about with our backpacks not to mention the fudge!

... by the pigeons, but overall it was a successful trip. For lunch I got a Pasha Kebab on Johannesgasse. And spotted an advertisement poster that I absolutely had to have. After that I went down to the Secession to check out Klimt's Beethoven mural. Pretty slick. Then I popped over to the Burg Kino to watch The Third Man. Taws nice. After this I wandered around the inner city some more, snapping photos, buying gifts, the ...

... it's a four-building mall with a little blurb on a wall about gasifiers. Nothing special. That was a whole day in Vienna! We slept, then visited Austrian hacklab "Metalab" in the morning. It was generally pretty awesome - insanely clean! And refreshingly, had room for hardware (electronics & hammer + saw type work). But the coolest thing of all was this death star disco ball: After that, we went to our hitch-out spot near the Danube, to find a ride to Budapest!

... at around 2 pm and was super tired so I checked in and went to bed till 6pm.... my back is still hurting from carrying the stupid 8 kg backpack :( SO I got up and this time one of my Dormmates' is from Japan - Khanako. SHe was planning go to Mozart concert so I also tagged along. We reached there and they told me they do not have the cheapest ticket but would ...

... means we w**e right in the heart of it. It was a blessing that we got a room, because both countries w**e booked solid. So it is the biggest event in years, ev**yone parties hard, and they all do it right wh**e we w**e. Ok, now you got the idea. Naturally, we went out and partied. We started out at a sports betting place near the train station. It was clean, cheap, and had big screens. Aft** swallowing a bit of liquid courage, I decided to have small talk with a man I thought I ...

... three girls also got amazing things. We all tasted each others choices. Katie got a lovely tea with apple torte and Taylor got hot chocolate with this incredible chocolate cake thing, and Caroline got a cappocino with an excellent piece of cake. I was so impressed by this coffee house, I definitely plan on going back at some point. When we left we yet again found another church that we weren't planning on ...

... long ago. We had coffee and desert there. Most of you know how much I like coffee. Today I have had 3 cups. I've never drank as much coffee as on this trip and now that I know that I can sleep after I drink it, I have a feeling I will be drinking a lot more when I get back to the states. I found a place here called Segafredo which is somewhat like Starbucks. Tomorrow is an unknown day. We may go to Bratislava or we may do more shopping and touring Vienna. We'll just have to wait and see.

... watch it. I stayed long enough to see the "Do Re Mi" scene so that I could see the gardens I had been to earlier. I then joined some of the group for a beer and a game of card. A group was going out and I almost did, but I changed my mind at the last minute because it was cool and rainy and I wanted to have energy today. This morning we went to the palace of Hellbrunn. I really liked this place because it was so different than any of the other places ...

... cafe (as recommended by Let's Go) but it was not llike what was described. We didn't want to sit in some smoky dark joint, so ventured around by foot to other areas of town instead. We visited the University area, the Parliament, Radhus, Opera House and then rode tram #2 around the ring (central part of Vienna) just like the tourist guide suggested! The best way to see the sights without getting blisters or ...