Blogs from Vienna, Austria, Europe - page 104

Its not the hills that are alive with the sound of music, its the streets of Vienna. If you ask the Viennese about their city, they will undoubtedly mention, "QUALITY of life". Vienna, Austria is said to have one of the highest qualities of life of any city in the world. From environmental consciousness to cultural opportunities and workplace logistics, the residents of Vienna seem to have it made. As a city known for music, is has produced an incredible amount of talent. Famous musical talent that has sprung from Vienna include Josef Haydn, Wolfgang Mozart, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, and even Beethoven for a time, despite his near-deafness. The father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud lived here until the Nazi occupation in 1938. Today, Vienna still boasts of its musical talent, among other things. I saw ... read more

My Year in Asia had always seemed to stretch endlessly out before me, all the way to the distant curve of the horizon and into the vagueness beyond. So it was with a sense of real disbelief - as well as sadness - that I realised I only had three weeks left after returning from Burma! And these three, already inadequate, weeks passed by ridiculously quickly - a loud, fast-forward blur of parties & dinners, cramming for final exams, nights out on the town with good mates, and all the inevitably bittersweet 'Lasts' that come with leaving a place... The Last som tam from the chatty ladies opposite the IC, the Last lazy afternoon at the Rangsit public pool, the Last truly-unbelievably delicious bag of grilled pork from the street-vendor I'd visited almost every day, the ... read more

There are some airports in the world where sleeping overnight is part and parcel of your holiday experience. Stansted, Luton and even Gatwick airports in England are good examples. (seeing a trend here...) Like sleeping on the top deck of a Greek island hopping ferry; you arrive early, bag a place to set up home and then wander (though not far; what with the strict baggage destruction rules set in place) nodding every now and then to your fellow travellers - silently laughing at the ones who have chosen to set up home in a place that they'll be sure to get kicked out of before 4am the next morning (past experience), or the hardcore airport sleepers who have brought along air mattresses and keeping in mind places that would suit you well in the future; ... read more

Sunday morning we took an 8am train from Prague that got into Vienna around 12:30pm. Our hostel was a short tram ride away from the train station, which was nice because the hostel was in a fairly central area. I was really impressed by the hostel- it only opened last summer so everything was very clean and seemed very secure. They even gave us all maps when we got there that listed important sights to see while we were in Vienna. After we checked in we took the metro to one of the main streets called St. Stephan’s Square. My first impression of Vienna was that it had a much more urban feel than I expected. I was expecting it to be more of a small, old European city like Prague but the downtown area ... read more

falscher alarm! wir sitzen noch in der schule! tja, dann gibts keine quote in ermangelung einer kamera sagt das toupet nichts ich weiß nicht, quote dich selbst hinter diesem satz steckt 1 minute denkanstrengung... geil! schaut in einem halben jahr vorbei! vorerst nix zu sehen! ... read more