Rosen Hotel Wieden Vienna

... therapizing!

So, after that, and some walking, and looking at some churches, I got lost. I got crazy lost. Then I remembered that Theodoras friend, Yianni, lives here and she had texted me his information. I called him, he found me and we walked the town. After seeing some important buildings up close, and taking even more pictures, we went to one of the many Greek restaurants and bars in town and watched Greece ...

... of wat we ook gekozen hadden gespeeld zou worden, kreeg mijn anti-tech-karma (op afstand! ik heb nix gedaan!!) de karaokemachine kapot! Onverrichter zaken vertrokken we dan maar richting Uni Kampus, want Minnie wist dat daar een open lucht party zou zijn..

Helaas waren we te laat.. Voor bier, that is.. Wijn was er nog genoeg; voor 2 eu kreeg je een halve liter koppijnwijn... MMMM! Günter en ik vermaakten ons met de drum'n'bass, Paola versierde een gozer die ...

... and headed across the street for our usual morning cappuccino and croissant (with Nutella of course!). We spent most of our morning visiting Schloss Belvedere, one of the fine Baroque palaces in Vienna. It houses an Oberes (Upper) and Unteres (Lower) palaces with beautiful gardens in-between and surrounding. We opted to just view the Upper as we are mostly "museum'd out" and it also had the largest collection of Klimt's ...

... inside the fortress") containing a large statue of Franz I, whoever that is. This was also where I discovered that public toilets aren't free in Austria, and there's a lady there with a key that'll only let you in if you give her fifty cents. It wasn't so surprising, we encountered toilets in Japan which also charged you, however having a lady to collect the money was a bit of a shock! Imagine if people ask what your job is, "oh I collect money from ppl to use ...

You could probably not find two more contrasting countries than India and Austria. While nowhere is more colorful and alive for us than India, it is a place where no one queues, hygiene is a relative concept, roads are a free for all, and it is very crowded -- lending itself to little, if any, personal space. In Austria, the locals refuse to jay- walk (irrespective of there being lack of cars). As for the streets themselves, they look clean ...

... few days and I hope it will last. So, today I went to the Wien (German for Vienna) Fan Zone. There were tons of die hard "futbol" fans all decked out with there favorite jerseys on. It was such an international gathering. If life were always like this, I may just have to learn German and just stay. The city is both historic and cosmopolitan all at the ...

... dancing with the Austrian who held out his hand to me. I had no chance of pretending I spoke German so I told him immediately that I couldn't. It turns out he had lived in Texas for 2 years while his father taught at Texas A&M. He was also a ballroom dance champion (apparently that is a notable thing for young men to do in Europe) and taught me how to tango, cha-cha, and an ...

VIENNA the past capital of the Holy Roman Empire was once the cultural center of Europe. They still honor some of the great composers who lived in this area (such as Johann Strauss and Mozart). A painter tried to make it here but left in disgust. His name was Adolf Hitler. The town is now known for music, coffee shops and chocolate. MELK known for it's very ornate and large Benedictine Abbey. Occupied by the Benedictine Monks since the 11th century.

... excellent with everyone pitching in there to make it all good . . . So Europe is eight hours behind Oz - so when its midnight there its 4:00pm here . . . and similarly when its 12:30pm there its 4:30am here like it was this morning when I'm getting all those calls and sms's - hehehe . . but don't get me wrong I loved getting them . . . Everyone was excited about the launch . . . I'm sooo loving it here . . too much fun for one person . . . two gals baled me up in the SPAR across ...

This morning it was decided we would visit the incinerator - now before you laugh too hard - it has been designed by a famous architect, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and now Ben is the waste man in Norwich we thought it would be good to see, so we walked to the incinerator, via the highly secure USA embassy. Unfortunately you are not allowed inside the incinerator, once we are upload photos you will understand why we thought we ...