I realized that I hadn't updated the blog in three days and was beginning to get antsy. So I'm gonna try and cover a couple of days. So when I last left you I was in Vienna at my cousin's place. Now, he's pretty awesome! First off, he let us stay at his house( which is pretty btw). Second, he scored us some pretty good deals on hotel rates at Budapest and Berlin( yet to come). You see, him being the CFO of the Marriott Hotels in Europe helps a great deal!! Also, I got to meet his wife Lisa and my niece, Savitha for the first time! It was very special needless to say. I also think my friends like my cousin as his family.
The first day in Vienna city was Rainy! That kinda sucked the fun out of it. We made the most of it though. We managed to see the main sites aka Shonbrunn Palace, the Opera House and the parliament building. A few interesting things:
1. We watched a Mozart and Strauss Orchestra performance complete with dancing ( Viennese waltz). We managed to score student tickets cos we can clearly pull that off.
2. We climbed 343 steps up the st. Stephan Cathedral
3. Almost got conned into cooking for a guy in his dorm room
4. I got offered a free concert ticket. Alas my friends were dragging me down.
5. Best of all, Vienna has this one day a year where they close out the main street opp the parliament and have a dance/rave party on trucks. We happened to catch it and it was cray cray. So much techno in my life, remixed with Adele!
Day two started out windy, but progressively got better. We did a tour of Seegrotte, a mine that got flooded back in the day. So now it has the largest underground lake ever! For all you Harry potter lovers: it was how I imagined the scenes from book 6! For all you non Harry potter fans, don't hate. The three musketeers was shot at this mine, well atleast a part of.
One of the things we wanted to do on the trip was to borrow a Bavarian outfit, wear it and take pics( it's what we do). That kinda sorta happened in Vienna. At the amusement park in Prater we found a booth that let us do that. If you haven't already seen the pictures on Facebook, go see it. I look amazing:)
Moedling, the town where my cousin actually stays is a ston'es throw away from Gumpoldskirchen which has huge vineyards and quaint wineries. They also had a wine festival going on. I don't know if it's a thing but white wine with sparkling water sounds good doesn't it? It was and very refreshing too. We also got dinner at a Heuringer ( Weiner Snitzel at last). So good and yet so bad for you!
It was definitely a lot more relaxing than the usual go-go-go. In Budapest, but more on that later!
Much Love as always,
Sonali
The first day in Vienna city was Rainy! That kinda sucked the fun out of it. We made the most of it though. We managed to see the main sites aka Shonbrunn Palace, the Opera House and the parliament building. A few interesting things:
1. We watched a Mozart and Strauss Orchestra performance complete with dancing ( Viennese waltz). We managed to score student tickets cos we can clearly pull that off.
2. We climbed 343 steps up the st. Stephan Cathedral
3. Almost got conned into cooking for a guy in his dorm room
4. I got offered a free concert ticket. Alas my friends were dragging me down.
5. Best of all, Vienna has this one day a year where they close out the main street opp the parliament and have a dance/rave party on trucks. We happened to catch it and it was cray cray. So much techno in my life, remixed with Adele!
Day two started out windy, but progressively got better. We did a tour of Seegrotte, a mine that got flooded back in the day. So now it has the largest underground lake ever! For all you Harry potter lovers: it was how I imagined the scenes from book 6! For all you non Harry potter fans, don't hate. The three musketeers was shot at this mine, well atleast a part of.
One of the things we wanted to do on the trip was to borrow a Bavarian outfit, wear it and take pics( it's what we do). That kinda sorta happened in Vienna. At the amusement park in Prater we found a booth that let us do that. If you haven't already seen the pictures on Facebook, go see it. I look amazing:)
Moedling, the town where my cousin actually stays is a ston'es throw away from Gumpoldskirchen which has huge vineyards and quaint wineries. They also had a wine festival going on. I don't know if it's a thing but white wine with sparkling water sounds good doesn't it? It was and very refreshing too. We also got dinner at a Heuringer ( Weiner Snitzel at last). So good and yet so bad for you!
It was definitely a lot more relaxing than the usual go-go-go. In Budapest, but more on that later!
Much Love as always,
Sonali
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