Christmas in Vienna

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Merry Christmas everyone!!!

We started our day in Vienna working out how best to pick Nick´s brother Josh up from the airport and hoping the plane wasn´t too delayed after all the fog all over Europe. We made it, Josh made it and all was good!

Well Christmas over here was a little different to what we might usually have at home, about 1 degree (though no snow still), a trip around town on the tram and a hot lunch in a cafe followed by a little nap (I think that´s when Nick and Josh thought they should have been playing golf!). We had our delightful Christmas dinner in an Aussie pub along with a few other expats and a surprisingly large number of non-Australians. Somewhat untraditionally perhaps we all had burgers for dinner, having decided to skip the fried grasshoppers...! We made up for the burgers by having Tooheys New, a wise choice we thought over VB.

Vienna has been quite a magical city for Christmas though, the most amazing markets with lights and stalls everywhere in front of a beautifully lit up church. All the streets have lights and more punch and glüwein stalls. Nick and Josh had some special Christmas punch at one of them, I wish I had a photo of Josh´s face. I took one sip which was more than enough for me but Nick somehow managed to drink all his. Josh describes it as "filth". Not sure what the hundreds of locals would say about that, so lets hope they don´t read this!

Today is our last day in Vienna before Josh leaves us for London and Nick and I head to Prague for New Years.

Hope everyone has a fantastic New Years, have a drink for us, no doubt we´ll return the favour.

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Photos

Street lights
One of the main shopping streets with more trees for sale

Christmas punch
This is the "before" Christmas punch shot. Josh had about two sips then quietly left the full cup on a table

Christmas markets
So many lights!

Christmas markets
Us at the markets

Christmas dinner
Burgers at the Aussie pub

Comments

[Maree]

Christmas time
Well we all decided that we needed some new Christmas traditions so I guess burgers it is for you two. Love all the lights in the photos. Looks pretty magical. Enjoy the rest of the trip and Happy New Year

[Mum and Dad]

Photos look good - you all look fit, healthy and thirsty - enjoy the New Year