Viena
Trip Start
Aug 02, 2008
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Trip End
Sep 23, 2008
Vienna,
Austria
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Our first full day in Vienna... Started our trip to a
new city in the usual fashion of visiting the market, which was
enormous and very fun. Torze nearly had to buy a tonne of olives due to
the best saleswoman on earth , we got out of it quickly though! After
our visit to naschmarkt and lunch we went on a tour of the sights. The
Hofburg palace, the main streets, All the amazing old buildings.
Very lovely city, the grandness of Paris but without the hordes of
people and the just a little over the top feeling. After we managed
to get our hands on some train tickets to take a day trip to Bratislava
for the next day as its less than an hour away! After a few beers at a
random bar we went back to our - getting soggier by the day camp!
11-09-08
TOday
we went to SLovakia! very good day all round! Great cheap slovakian
food for lunch, walks over the castle and many piccies of the very
random UFO bridge. More palaces and then a trip to the odd Slovakian
Tesco... made me feel VERY unsettled, just odd, not a good experience
but finally got some tins of chilli to go with our kilo of rice! rest
of day was spent playing cards and enjoying the very chilled out city!
12-09-08
TOday was one of the best we've had whilst we've been away!
Started
with a trip to the amazing spanish riding school to watch the
Lipizzaner stallian horsses, amazing, I'll do my impression for anyone
that wants when home if requested! After this we went to the Austrian
version of Greggs, but nicer called ANker for lunch and we now have a
gorgeous twin set of mug and saucers! the joys of a big handbag hey.
REst of noon was spent doing some art seeing for the first time, in the
KunstHausWIen. Awesome place very odd floors tiles outsides everything,
the pics will explain better than I can try. Went home after this in
preparation for a big night out we'd been craving!
Tea in camp -
no gas still but the camp had a random kitchen so we could cook - and
lots of drinks then we hit the town, literally! Both got very drunk,
Torye was in charge of mapreading as I was unable to see...
literally... due to this and the fact she wanted an easy walk to the
club we were goin to, we walked literlly about 2miles extra to the
place as she thought it would help sober me up! kebabs were had on
route and we turned up at the club soberish... we then finished the gin
in bag and had a great night! so good we didnt have to fork out for
taxi home as the U-bahns were re-running by the time we left! good
times! Had an anker for breakfast to finish the night at 6.30am, and
fell to bed at 7...
13-09-08
Obviously today was a slow
one... spent most of noon making pasta and copious cups of t using our
lovely new anker tea set and having a good old gossip in the random
canteen like kitchen! Went to schloss schronbonn... amazing palace -
that noon with mazes,the lot. also sat through an apple strudel
demonstration, cuz we got tasters!! all good on the hangover. After
this we went to amaying restaurant very cheap, authentic, massive
portions, and warm as today the cold has come!!! We had Wiener
schnitzel, so big even I had to take a doggy bag home. Really great
restaurant though!! Headed home and slept some more as the next day we
were to depart for Munich, Germany. A great last night to an amazing
week in AUstria! good times... love to all, looking forward to a nice
warm bed less rain (Were writing this in Munich it hasn't stopped
raining since we arrived and it's about 25 degrees less than were used
to Not good times!) and a good film!
