Trip to Vienna, Austria: Wednesday night - Saturday Morning
Wednesday night we took a direct train to Vienna, arriving Thursday morning. Because it was a night train we didn't have seats we got couchettes (beds) to sleep on instead. Most people enjoy that option so they are able to get a good sleep...I (Louise) hated it thought. Our little cabin area of 6 bunk beds was boiling hot and so cramped that I literally got maybe 2-3 hrs. of sleep while I watched Brian sleep the night away! Other than that it was a great idea for everyone else on this trip with us. There were about 15 of us traveling on this trip together this time.
Wednesday night we took a direct train to Vienna, arriving Thursday morning. Because it was a night train we didn't have seats we got couchettes (beds) to sleep on instead. Most people enjoy that option so they are able to get a good sleep...I (Louise) hated it thought. Our little cabin area of 6 bunk beds was boiling hot and so cramped that I literally got maybe 2-3 hrs. of sleep while I watched Brian sleep the night away! Other than that it was a great idea for everyone else on this trip with us. There were about 15 of us traveling on this trip together this time.
Here is a picture of an
uncomfortable couchette
we each had to sleep on!
Thursday morning Brian, Pat, Mike, Andy and I went sightseeing all over Vienna, viewing all of the main attractions that we could fit in. Vienna is full of beautiful parks that are absolutely huge and wonderful to relax in. So we spent some time sleeping in a park and then went back to our hostel to clean up and change for the Opera. (It was a fantastic hostel by the way, super clean, spacious, and safe.)
We only waited in line for about 15 mins for cheap standing room tickets to see the opera and after we paid for our tickets the horrible, judgmental, rude "entrance police" ruined our night. They decided that they didn't think my sandles were "beautiful enough" so I was not allowed in. I was wearing my nice summer dress and everything and most other people were wearing regular clothes or garbage and they got in because they had better shoes on. I was wearing flip flops, so if you had on anything other than flip flop sandles you could get in. It was even fine to wear strap sandles...it was so lame...I was really mad and Brian and I gave them a peice of our minds but we didn't get in. :( It was sad. Instead Brian and I went to a nice pub to watch the soccer game which was really fun and we had a great time. Apparently the Opera sucked and was very confusing and disturbing so I am happy with the turnout now!
Opera Building and Fountain outside OperaFriday morning most of us went to the Schloss Schonbrunn (Schonbrunn Palace) which was amazing! It was a summer getaway palace that consisted of garden after garden, with fountains, a zoo, a maze, and other buildings to see. We didn't go inside the palace or the zoo but it was my favorite attraction there.
Schonbrunn Palace and GardensThen we went inside the Kirche Am Steinhof (Steinhof Church) which was absolutely incredible. It was Brian's favorite Cathedral yet out of all of the different ones we have seen so far.
Next we saw the Hunterwasserhaus apartments, designed by a crazy artist (don't know the name); which was pretty neat. Brian and I didn't really like the style of the building or the structure of any of the architect's work we saw but it was cool.
The last attraction we saw was the Schloss Belvedere (Belvedere Palace) and that was really cool. The building itself was neat on the outside and kind of sub-par on the inside but it is now an Imperial Picture Gallery full of amazing 19th - 20th century paintings. We loved this style of paintings and spent a lot of time there...until it closed. Even though the experience was cut short it was worth it for sure.
Belvedere Palace
Friday night we found another pub to watch another soccer game at
with a bigger group of our friends...soccer's great!
with a bigger group of our friends...soccer's great!
Pat, Andy, and Brian - Park and Louise, Mike, and Pat - Huge FountainNext blog posting will be our adventures in Solzburg, Austria.
4 comments:
Mere,
Sweet! Mere I can't wait until you come, it is going to be so much fun. It will be a lot better for me to have someone here on my days off so I'm not so bored too. Yeah I was really upset at the time about the Opera but after our friends told us about it Bri and I were kinda glad we missed it. I guess it was pretty gross and weird!
Louise (and Bri)
I thought about coming too. If i wasn't working at camp this summer or doing school this year, i probably would have.
Chuck Norris' cowboy boots are made from real cowboys.
haha I agree.... when do you ever work???!! wahtever, catch europe by storm, I say. Any watching World Cup games? my cousin plays... I should figure out where and you should go watch him, if youre into that sort of thing. how's the weather> its 5 am here in penticton, just wnet for a run.. and i got a tan. weird hey. stay in touch... iwant to visit too!
Kate,
You would be more than welcome to come and visit, that would be super! Yeah we have been watching most of the games here...I guess that's what you do in Europe, soccer is the way to go! Almost everywhere we go we watch soccer at night. Which is fun but kinda bad in a way cuz we could be doing something or seeing something else in each country but we just watch soccer! Oh well...when in Rome!
Louise
Who does your cousin play for? It would be sweet to go to a game...don't know if it would happen this late in the game but we would love to! Let us know.
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