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Europe » Austria » Vienna » Vienna July 31st 2005

Hello! This is going to be a short note since I don't have much time. Just an update on our whereabouts. When we left Krakow, we went to Prague, which was so cool. One of my favorite cities so far. It was just a really nice place to chill. We had a few great dinners on the river and really enjoyed walking through the town. We decided not to go to Salzburg, but instead headed to Bratislava, Slovakia. It was a nice little town, not the best we've seen, but the real reason I'm glad we went was that we got to see a soccer match for really cheap. The Celtics, our team in Edinburgh were playing and it was a championship game, so it was awesome. They lost, and the hooligans went wild, so fun. ... read more

Europe » Austria » Vienna » Vienna July 29th 2005

Got up this AM, showered and suddenly decided to skip Mozart, the countryside and hopped a train to Vienna! So we crossed through all of Austria, checked into a hotel, purchased a local train (baun) ticket and got oriented to the city by heading to "the" Opera House. Of course we were hungry after all this traveling and went into a beautiful cafe next to the OH. We ordered tall coffee ice cream floats, sparlking water and a salad. (The schnietzle thing will have wait until it cools down here.) Unfortunately we found a bug in our salad. I wondered if the Viennese waiters are as emotional about complaints as the french waiter was when I had complained about Jenee's Creme Brulee back in Paris. The Vienesse waiter offered another entree but since we were no ... read more

Europe » Austria » Vienna » Vienna July 15th 2005

Vienna is our next stop, Vienna home of the Hapsburg family had more palaces than anything else. This royal family liked their residences more than their incestous relationships. We proceeded to visit as many palaces as we could, our favorite was the summer residence "Shoobrum Palace" this of course being around 5 miles from their Winter residence "Neuberg". I had to see all there was to see in the summer palace so we dished out the money for the 40 room tour instead of the measly 20 room tour. It was worth the dough just to see the royal porcelain potty! We also enjoyed some culture by enjoying the outdoor operas by city hall in the evenings. We lasted maybe an hour before starting to get really bored, operas are definitely not our thing. All in ... read more
City Hall, where we watched Operas at night
Shoobrum Palace, the Summer residence
Shoobrum Palace, the gardens

Europe » Austria » Vienna » Vienna July 6th 2005

Hi there, back again to tell you about Vienna! Well, we arrived on a beautiful sunny day and walked into our hostel room only to see the two guys who we had befriended in Interlaken, Switzerland sitting there! It was absolutely bizzare! Great though since it then started to rain - and did not stop until we left 2 days later. So we basically went to the supermarket and made food in the hostel kitchen and played cards all night with them. The next day Graeme and I attempted to see some of Vienna's sights but the strong wind and rain sent us back to the hostel early. That night we hunted down some other Canadians and celebrated Canada Day. It was great, although we were a little sad to have missed the Salmon Festival of ... read more
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Europe » Austria » Vienna » Vienna June 19th 2005

I arrived in Vienna and checked into Wombats youth hostel. It is a very nice, clean place with ensuit bachrooms in rooms of four. It is an excellent hostel with nice staff. They have many recommendations on what to see. I spent the rest of the day walking around Vienna, taking in the sites. Vienna was very nice since it has such a different style than everywhere else I have been. I went to see Stephansdom (St. Stephen's Cathedral) and although it was a gothic style chuch, the decor on the inside was very different and was stunning. After spending a day exploring the city of Vienna I decided to have a change of pace and took a trip to the Austrian wine country. I joined up with the "grape grazing tours". They drove us to ... read more

Europe » Austria » Vienna » Vienna June 9th 2005

When we left Spain we left behind the laid-back lifestyle and the nature of our trip has changed. We´ve been doing a sort of speed traveling where we stay only a night or two in a place and move on. That and the lack of readily available internet access has let my log suffer. With so much happening I would need a week to bring my log up to date in the way that I originally started, which is not really an option since I only have 12 days of vacation left. I´m sorry that I have to gyp you guys, but better you than me, right? :-) So that you have a basic idea of where we´ve been I´ll walk you throgh the places we´ve seen since Spain. Back on the 28th of May, it ... read more

Europe » Austria » Vienna » Vienna June 8th 2005

well, haven't i been the little cultural butterfly!! today is technically my last day in vienna as i leave at 8am tomorrow. this week has flown by and i have no idea what i've done!! the evenings have been quite busy doing all the artsy stuff. monday night i went to the operetta (a gilbert and sullivan type performance). best thing ever - we went early-ish to get tickets, and we had the nicest ticket box lady. she gave us tickets for half price, even though neither of us were students. then we got shown to our seats...... our own private box thank you very much!! like in Pretty Woman. it was soooo cool. the operetta was really good, well done, apart from the fact that it was in german and we had no idea what ... read more

Europe » Austria » Vienna » Vienna June 8th 2005

Este 8 de junho, quarta-feira, era o nosso último da na Áustria. Comemos alguma coisa perto do albergue e caminhamos até a Westbahnhof, onde pegamos o metrô até a estação da Karlsplatz. Parênteses: fiquei em Viena 3 dias e não consegui deixar de ficar admirado com a beleza da cidade! É como se houvesse uma lei proibindo a existência de prédios feios ou mal conservados, parece tudo muito harmônico e perfeito. Espetacular! Fechemos os parênteses. Resolvemos passar pela Ópera mais uma vez para tirarmos algumas fotos, pois já era noite quando tínhamos passado por ela no dia anterior e ela ficava meio no caminho para o Complexo de Hofburg. Viena é uma cidade perfeita pra ser explorada a pé. A maioria das atrações fica muito perto uma da outra e, mesmo quando isso não acontece, o ... read more
Louça do casamento imperial

Europe » Austria » Vienna » Vienna June 8th 2005

Saímos do Hofburg e fizemos nosso último passeio pelo centro de VIENA, passando mais uma vez pela querida Stephansplatz. Não resisti e pedi pro Márcio tirar mais uma foto minha lá. O plano era seguir para CESKY KRUMLOV, no sul da REPÚBLICA TCHECA, onde já tínhamos reserva no Traveller´s Hostel. O trem sairia às 18h e chegaria lá às 23:15. Tudo certo, tínhamos que matar um tempinho ainda antes do embarque. Fizemos um almoço-janta no Burger King e seguimos para a estação. No entanto, acabamos tendo um pequeno contratempo, que mandou por água abaixo nossos planos: erramos a estação de trem!!! Isso mesmo!!! Não me lembro agora qual era a certa e qual era a errada, mas trocamos as estações, a Sudbahnhof e a Westbahnhof, e perdemos o trem. O pior é que era o último ... read more
Nem tudo são flores...

Europe » Austria » Vienna » Vienna June 7th 2005

Acordei e, depois de um bom banho, saímos pra comer alguma coisa antes de começarmos o 12º dia da viagem. Paramos numa espécie de café e eu comi um bom sanduíche de schnitzel. O Schnitzel é um dos mais tradicionais pratos da cozinha austríaca e corresponde, basicamente, ao nosso "à milanesa". O que eu comi era de porco, mas eu também vi com carne de boi. A carne era boa, mas o sanduíche ficou um pouco seco. Faltou um molhinho ou algo do gênero. O dia estava frio e o principal programa era conhecer o Palácio de Schönbrunn, nos arredores de Viena. Apesar de não ficar dentro da cidade, é possível ir de metrô até lá (aliás, acho que dá pra ir de metrô pra qualquer lugar em Viena! A cidade não é grande e a ... read more
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Karlskirche
Fonte de Netuno nos jardins do palácio




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