Pension Hargita Vienna

... headed off to get onto a bus tour of the city. Making our way to the pick-up point, we caught the U-Bahn (Underground) to Sudtirolplatz and walk to the bus terminus, getting 2 Cokes and 2 gala apples on the way.

The City Tour took us around the city and on to Schonbrunn, named after the "good Stream" that flows through the grounds and it was built by Marie Therese (obviously not her personally) in the 18th Century. The Schonbrunn was the summer palace of the ...

... across we were met with the most incredible views. Ibis hotels may be cheaper but this one was worth a million euros!

After another full afternoon of sites we headed for the train station to commence our 24 hour trip via Budapest to Sofia in Bulgaria.

We have already decided that this trip is not for the faint hearted and we are only 4 hours into it and came this ...

... consider going to them; it felt like a real restaurant and was simply lovely. We strolled back to the Opera House and took the metro back, but our couple was already asleep. We packed up and made plan for next morning and crashed hard after our perfect last day and night in Vienna. April 14- We grabbed breakfast and lunch at a local bakery and checked out before revisiting the open air gourmet food market. This time, however, it was open, and ...

... with Graeme behind me...we clocked a great speed up to around 36km/per hour, Carl then decided to increase it to around 39km.....a bit too much for us, so we left them to fly ahead. Arrived in Vienna, wondered through the town...and watched the sad soccer game between the Netherlands and Russia...well I wont mention the score but the Netherlands defenitely didnt win. We were watching it at a Italian restauarant...run by a Russian couple....?? Only ...

We had planned on catching a train from Budapest but as luck would have it a Hungarian train strike forced us to take the bus. The bus was packed with people travelling out of the country, but it was quite a bit cheaper. We arrived into Vienna and had to take the metro to our hostel. The metro system was very easy to use. It's so relieving to arrive in a new city and be a ble to get rid of the backpacks without any hassle. The whole ordeal of having to ...

... was bought up during this era gave us her personal experiences about those times. Things were certainly not easy for her and her family under this system and have improved greatly since the early 1990´s. As we went through Brno (correct spelling), which is in Moravia she pointed out hundreds of blocks of concrete flats for the workers of the industry there. It was very cold in the winter and hot in the summer.There was a ...

... s main tourist attraction: Schonbrunn Palace. Inhabited by the Austrian royalty until 1918, when the King abdicated (not by his own choice) and then fled in exile, the palace today stands as a beautiful tribute to Austrian royalty of the past. Lavish does not begin to describe the few rooms we viewed at the palace. In addition to the palace itself we visited the extensive gardens, hedge maze and elaborate green house. Well worth the trip as the place is ...

... of Absynth. After this we stopped at the kings summer house for a walk around- huge grounds, it's own zoo and maze!! Then into the black forest to have dinner, there is a little restaurant in the middle of no-where, great tucker and drink though!! As we travel through Austria it is abundantly clear how beautiful Austria is- the alps as just devine, you feel like your on a movie set!! We stop at Mouthhausein [concentration camp site] a chill ...