Vienna Vidi Vici

Part two of my spring break adventures brought us to Vienna, Austria. We took a train from Budapest to Vienna on Wednesday morning and after arriving and settling in our hostel, we set out for lunch and sight seeing. The weather was so nice and warm and I even got a bit of a sunburn from walking around. We walked down the main street, Mariahilfer Straße, and thought we had been transported back to New York City. There were so many shopping stores and small cafes and gelato stands it was nice being back in the hustle and bustle of a city street. We wound up at the Museums Quartier and explored around central Vienna, stopping at the Easter Markets, and eventually winding up at the Jewish Museum, where we learned about Hollywood and how Jews pretty much started the business.

the hills are alive

I prefer cadbury creme eggs

he was actually collecting money for this

We then wandered around some more and relaxed in a park in the sun for a little before figuring out dinner.

what we thought we looked like

what we actually looked like

After dinner we hung out at the hostel and called it an early night, as we were tired from traveling in the morning. The next day we went on a free walking tour given by our hostel and went to Naschmarket for lunch. Naschmarket is a long stretch of restaurants (mostly sushi) and other stands selling dried fruits and nuts, fresh fish and meats and vegetables, others selling scarves and other things.. it was really cool and we each bought like 5 pounds of dried fruits and nuts. We took our food and sat in another park and decided to head back to the hostel for a siesta. We had schnitzel for dinner and then went to see a concert of Mozart music and opera singers and dancers. It was interesting.

happy campers

We left at intermission and headed back to the hostel so we could relax before waking up early the following morning to take a train to Prague. So yeah Vienna was kind of boring, but it was nice to have some down time before heading to........Prague!