Vienna Tour, then the Coffee

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  Vienna, Austria
Friday, November 11, 2005

So, I don't know much about Vienna, but I do know that they are famous for Viennese coffee, and have some great museums; now that's MY TYPE OF DEAL. So that was in on the plans for the day, but what else was there to do? Even though I researched a lot, I couldn't find many things to do of interest except for the opera house, museums and the coffee.
I ended up taking a bus tour that was really informative, but kind of lame. I mean, tours are really the best way to get to know a new place-a good first day thing, but you can't go into the places usually, just outside. After the bus tour I went over to the opera house, but the tours only ran once a day at 3, and I was taking a 4pm train to Munich-BUMMER. There wasn't enough time to do a museum, which is okay cause I have done a lot of museums, so I decided to explore the coffee.
HOLY EXPENSIVE BATMAN. I wont go into detail about prices for different things, but to have one cup of coffee costs at least 6-10 euros here

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. It was sooooo hard to find someplace to have the real experience. Café's were on EVERY corner with lots of pastries and places to sit and stand, but there are also fees attached to the different ways to drink your coffee, even depending if you drink it outside or in!
It was by the Opera House that I spotted a Starbucks, and very grateful cause I NEEDED COFFEE. Could you believe that Starbucks was the cheapest coffee in the ENTIRE city? I had told myself "NO" to chain stores, but this was essential. Plus, I knew what I was getting-Kerry Ellis knows-white chocolate mocha, non-fat with whip. I got it to drink inside, Vienna style in an Austria tumbler I bought from the place and a blueberry muffin: useful souvie, check; food, check; coffee, check. There are many ways to drink coffee properly, but the most popular way is with a glass of water right next to the coffee, along with a spoon to eat the whipped cream before you drink the actual coffee and eat the pastry (so it's not just a fun thing to do when you're a kid, you are actually doing it Vienna style!) I was so pleased that I wasted about 45min in the café singing to American jazz music renditions and sipping cold coffee. Lol. Ahhhh, good times!
It was sad to leave the café, but I had to begin my journey to Munich. I got back to the hostel to pick up my stuff and then head to the station where I picked up Subway for din-din (Thanks for the chain-stores Austria!)

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. Yum for tuna, chips and water.
The train ride was the most pleasant one out of all I've taken in Europe. The scenery was absolutely amazing, and the sunset was breathtaking. No pics cause my camera was buried at this point in the pack up on the shelves of the train, but you would be able to see something similar in color saturation in the Carribean. Pics couldn't do it justice anyway, it was really an experience you get from seeing it in person and being swallowed by it's light. It's so mood swaying... and romantic. I wished I could have watched it with someone special, someone who appreciates sunsets just as much as I do. Instead I got stuck with 3 Spaniards and a German. It was time for nighters until Munich.

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