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Vienna Europe » Austria » Vienna By Travelling lightApril 10th 2007Varpu VRoute: Budapest- Vienna’s Westbahnhof Once in Budapest, it would have been silly not to visit Vienna at the same time. We bought the train tickets from Budapest (15e return ticket), the ticket was open, so we could choose any train we wanted. Plus the ticket included free of charge metro, bus and tram in Vienna for 4 days!... read more

Amazing what a plate of pasta and a good night’s sleep does for one. I woke up on Sunday feeling like a new person. Cold was still lingering, but nothing like the two days before. To make things even better, when I went down for breakfast I saw that the rain had stopped and the sun had come out. What joy! I ambled around to Stephensplatz (the cathedral square), sat outside in a café to drink a cup of coffee and debate what to do with my glorious day. The original plan had been to go visit one of the palaces, but it was just too nice a day to be inside - especially after the rain over the past two days. My guidebooks of choice are Dorling Kindersely because they have great maps and wonderful ... read more

I have over 250,000 miles with British Airways that I never get to use because they never seem to have any offers available to where I want to go or, more importantly, when I want to go. In BA’s on-going attempts to get me to spend some of these miles, I am constantly getting emails with special offers. Most of them are not worth the time it takes to open the email, but once in a while, they come through. They had a “sale” last month where one could fly to various cities for half the usual miles plus the airport taxes. The only city that would work with my diary was Vienna - so for 7,500 miles and £59 off I went. I actually took a day off from work so that I could spend ... read more

Found an amazing place where they sell sangria by the watering can in Vienna. Oh if only Birt where here... maybe that is his true calling after all? Unfortunately I didn't partake as my friend had to work today but I did get a picture of the poster for those of you who know and love Birt. I feel at this point the term 'Hoooooooooo!' is most appropriate. Awesome. Been doing a bit of sightseeing here, drinking as per usual and pretending to be a student last friday at an erasmus party. Forgot what fun they are once certain sleazy AEGEE members aren't involved. Note: for any AEGEE members out there reading this, I know you aren't all sleazy! Hope nobody takes offence now. But a bit of a Italian spoken and some dancing in a ... read more

(June 27 through June 29 2006) June 27 Arriving into Vienna, we validated our tickets before we even headed out to explore the city. We wanted to make sure that there would be no surprises on the day we left for Bratislava. We checked train schedules and left the Westbahnhof satisfied. The heat of the afternoon hit us immediately, and as we looked on the map, we were relieved that the hostel was only but a couple of blocks away. After walking in circles, through residential and commercial districts, we finally saw a sign for the hostel, and felt foolish. Sweating and uncomfortable we headed up to our room and relaxed, took a nap and were a bit ticked about our decision on the hostel. On the train ride from Salzburg we had called several places, ... read more