Normal day stuff, breakfast, pack my stuff up (forcefully zipping up my bulging bag). I jumped on the train and then had to walk for half an hour to get to Pekka's house. On the way I saw the craziest, stupidest motor bike I had ever seen, it had a leopards head as the head light and was covered in leopard print...STUPID! I got to Pekka's house and met obviously him and two guys from Montreal Canada, Michael and Jacob, we decided we would head to the park close by just to speak crap, take in he good weather and get acquainted. We went and grabbed a bit to eat at a café and then Pekka had to go to uni to do some stuff, so as the Canadians had yet to see Vienna I decided ... read more

Starting with breakfast of course and then I spent 2.5 hours on the lappy waiting for (1) Mum to come home so I could call her, and (b) Steph to come on so I could chat to her. Surprisingly both of them went out shopping (not together) which was a pain in my arse :P I spoke to Mum finally and then went out. My goal for today was to see the Schönbrunn Palace and also the Naschmarkt (a large flea/farmers market). I got to the palace and decided I was going to try and have a super cheap day so I didn't pay the 10EUR to go in, the grounds are free so I walked through that. Now it took me 3 hours to walk around most of it, so you can understand it's huge! ... read more

Yesterday was huge I didn't make it out of the hostel until around noon, but I still saw literally almost the whole of Vienna. I got off the train at Schottenring and just started heading towards the closest park, the Rathaus building was next to it and right next to that was parliament. I grabbed a bratwurst (which was a lot smaller than the displayed photo!) that tasted really good. I strolled through Volks Garden which was beautiful, so many flowers! Mainly roses, it smelt wonderful. From there I took some saw and took some photos of Hofburg (a building which includes Bos Chorus and a few other buildings) and made my way through the Museum Quartier, but didn't actually go in (1) it costs money and (2) I’m all museumed out for the moment :P ... read more

Today I slept in until 10, but didn’t actually get out of bed until about 1130 I thought that since I got here I wanted to go to Buda hill and today was the last day I could do it, so I jumped on the train and made my way there. I had to get off at Moskva Ter, one to catch the tram and two I had to change some money as I had no money left . It took me around 45 minutes to find a money changing place as the one I knew of was closed! Anyway I changed the money then jumped on the tram and then a bus. Once I arrived at the base of the hill I caught the chair lift up, I didn’t look behind me on the way ... read more

Today I asked Miriam what she advised I should see. She drew on my map a couple of streets I should take a walk down, as well as a memorial/museum called the House of Terror. Now just to let you know today probably wasn't the most exciting of days but it was extremely moving. I got to see St Stephen's Basilica, the Opera House, House of Terror and I then revisited Heroes Square (when it's not full of men on horses) and the City Park. I walked down the streets just looking at the amazingly old buildings, seeing the homeless and the beggars (it's very sad that there are so many homeless, there really are everywhere you go). So I was just looking at things, the best part was definitely the House of Terror, it was ... read more