Blogs from Vienna, Austria, Europe - page 4

It was well after lunch by the time we got underway to Vienna and we were both relieved that the Garmin worked faultlessly. The Gally Apartment was clean, serviceable and almost comfortable! We had no issues with Mr Gally despite warnings from others on the “Tripadvisor” website and, in fact, we found him helpful. His advice was always perfunctory but covered the requirements and answered our questions about where to find a post office or a doctor. We have stayed in some dodgy locations, but this was the first one (that we know about) where there is a brothel in the same street. Fortunately no one was peddling their wares on the street so, apart from the neon sign, it was relatively discreet. The rest of our travelling day and the following morning were spent organising ... read more

Hi everyone, WOW I´m not very good at this blog thing.. Been having too much fun in the last few months to find the time!! So here´s a run down of where I´ve been since my last post.. Ireland - Belfast, Galway, Dublin France - Paris, Nice Portugal - Lagos, Lisbon Spain - Barcelona, Ibiza Greek Islands - Santorini, Ios, Mykonos Croatia - Dubrovnik, SAIL CROATIA for 7 nights on the coast, Split Italy - Rome, Florence, Cinque Terre, Venice And NOW I´m in Vienna, Austria! Just came from Salzburg. After Venice, I split up from Ash so now am travelling by myself. I will meet the others at Oktoberfest in a few weeks! I have seen so much and have so many stories but as I don´t want to be typing for days here are ... read more

So you can keep your Rome's, your Florence's and your Venice's. The most beautiful city in Europe is Vienna. My senses have been in overdrive today, We started with the grand tour as we usually do, this morning both by bus and foot. The beautiful Baroque architecture which I love. The grand duke in the 1850's decided to pull down the old city wall to extend the city and replace it with a ring road. So now there is a beautiful avenue flanked with the most beautiful buildings built in the old style. Except for the museums of which there seems to be a museum for just about everything, these buildings were often the palatial homes of the rich. Now they are hotels or apartments etc. Vienna is a very green city with some 800 parks. ... read more

Day 20 - Vienna, Austria Today was a short drive from Styer to Vienna, Austria. I little bit about Austria before I go on. Europe is distinctly different from North America and specifically Canada. People who have been to Europe will know this well. The people act very differently, usually they are speaking something othe than English, it is just very different. After some time in Europe, I find that I miss some of the things that I am used to back home, such as... eating dinner before 7pm. It is nearly impossible to find a good meal (other than Mcdonalds) before 7pm. There is some practicallity to this, it is usually hot, too hot to eat until 7. However, our Canadian stomachs do not often want to wait until 7. We have managed by grabbing ... read more

Alle verabschieden sich von mir. Wahrscheinlich nicht einfach nur aus Spaß? Ok. Irgendwie sollte mir langsam klar werden, dass ich tatsächlich nach Australien fliege... Ups. Du hast nur mehr zwei volle Tage bis zu deiner Abreise (!), mahnt mein Kopf. Es fühlt sich aber trotzdem noch immer so weit weg an... Lieber Kopf, sei so nett und mach, dass ich meinen grandiosen Hintern endlich Richtung Schrank bewege und zum Packen anfange. Wie soll ich nur den ganzen Krims-Krams in diesen kleinen Rucksack stopfen? Wie ein Hamster habe ich über Monate Überlebensnotwendiges angehäuft. Es ist eine Herausforderung sich zum Minimalismus-Dasein zu entscheiden. Zwei Hosen und drei Shirts MÜSSEN reichen. Und trotz Inkaufnahme möglicher unangenehmer Körpergerüche und unangemessener Erscheinungsbilder, erreicht der Rucksack ein Gewicht von über 20kg. Da hilft der O... read more

Rain, rain go away! We had another busy and interesting day. We decided to follow a Rick Steves recommended city tour. We had our book and audio tapes with us and found them valuable to see so much in so little time. It would be easy to spend a week here visiting the museums and historical sites, not to mention all of the dining venues. The weather was overcast but not raining as we left the hotel. We started our walking tour at the Vienna Opera house. It is famous due to the various notable opera and ballet performers that have entertained there. English tour was about to start at 10am so we purchased tickets and waited inside the lobby for it. We met there another America couple with their teenage son there. They were from ... read more