Blogs from Vienna, Austria, Europe - page 126

Chegamos em VIENA, na ÁUSTRIA, por volta das duas da tarde. Fomos caminhando até a Wombats, o albergue onde ficaríamos hospedados, por 18 euros cada um por noite. A Áustria seria o primero país na nossa viagem a usar o Euro, então já esperávamos encontrar preços mais caros por aqui. O albergue ficava extremamente perto da Westbahnhof, uma das estações de trem da cidade, e lá havia uma estação de metrô, então nossa locomoção por Viena seria muito fácil. A Wombats tinha uma estrutura muito boa e bem maior que a dos albergues em que havíamos nos hospedado até então. Era um prédio mesmo, de 4 ou 5 andares, com elevador e até mesmo um bar com mesa de sinuca e tudo mais. Deixamos as coisas lá e saímos pra explorar a cidade. Tomamos o metrô ... read more

here i am in the lovely austria. i´ve been looking forward to coming, so i´m glad i´m here!! only arrived last night. so haven´t done much so far. the rest of my time in cesky was good. had a couple of very fun nights - so made the most of the cheap czech republic. my cesky present was a pair of pretty earrings. oh, my prague present was a hair clip to keep my hair somewhat controlled!!!! that´s about it for now. sorry nothing very interesting today. ... read more

After Venice it was off to Austria- you can kind of see the crazy pace we've been following!! It was another long driving day and after checking out the city center it was time for bed! After getting up early we did a walking tour of the historical sites: various palaces and statues. As well as most importantly SHOPPED! The shopping was great here, as well as in Venice... wow you'd think these euros were burning holes in our pockets- but so far so good. You may have notice our entries are getting shorter, mainly because in some of these places we only have around 8 hours to see the whole city, so in Vienna we basically did shopping and then checked out one other major site, St. Stephens Cathedral (Der Weiner Stephensdem, or something llike ... read more

A whole day to take it all in. Our sightseeing tour shows you the fabulous Palace of the Hapsburg's, the State Opera House and fashionable Kartnerstrasse with a chance to try authentic apple strudel and Viennese coffee. Another public holiday, so all the shops were closed but at least we could sleep in as we didn't have to rush into town. Got into the city at about 10 and drove around the Burg Ring, and got dropped off at the Maria Therese statue and Amanda walked us through Hopfburg Palace to the opera house, where we had free time until 3.30. Went to St Stephen's cathedral, and Julia and I took the tiniest lift ever up to the top. The views of Vienna were great, not that there's much to see though. went to the ... read more

Royal life in Vienna Not just big - impressively grand - Vienna’s palaces and churches are every bit royal in noblesse, height and history. Being used to Swiss towns where rows of nice middle-class houses clustered around one or two market places form the city centre, maybe a church or sometimes even a cathedral being the only building with some kind of grandeur, Vienna is impressive. It is the mere size of the buildings which stunned us. It might not be especially beautiful (as St. Petersburg) nor especially well situated (as Prague), but noble, royally grand. We got a glimpse of what the royal life used to be to Franz Josef and Sissi’s times in their famous Schoenbrunn Palace a couple of kilometres outside of Vienna proper. A stunning reception hall, beautiful guest corner, richly decorated ... read more