August 28, 2012 12:20 AM
Made a quick trip to the architecture museum to the bookstore to buy a Vienna architecture book.
Apple strudel for breakfast...I had a different one--it's a custardy-type of strudel, with Vanilla sauce. YUM.
I noticed something about the trains in Vienna: when they stop or start at the station, the trains play a musical scale
5 hour train ride to Prague. The train was moving a lot slower through Austria to the Czech Republic...and even slower once we got to Czech. The ride was very pretty though forests and mountains and fields and little towns.
I love our hostel. Hostel has internet EVERYWHERE. So awesome! It's a new hostel with air conditioning in the rooms and our own bathroom. Ventilation is great.
Found an Ice bar in Prague. I've been to one in London 4 years ago and it was really fun. So, we went. It was located inside the biggest club in Europe, except the club was pretty empty on a Monday night LOL. Anyway, there were only 6 of us in the ice bar--us and 3 people from Singapore. It was pretty small, but still really cold!
We ended up going back to the bar at the hostel after walking around. Pretty convenient.
Showing posts with label Austria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Austria. Show all posts
Monday, August 27, 2012
Vienna 2
August 26, 2012 11:00 PM
Had a full day today.
We started trying to get tickets for a boat tour for the sunset cruise , but that was sold out, so we got tickets for later in the day (we have discount with our rail pass--rail pass is awesome!).
We went to Stephensondom--it's Vienna's cathedral. It was awesome--very gothic. We got there right in the middle of mass, so that was a little weird, but they kept it open for tourists. Fun fact: Mozart got married there.
Vienna has awesome museums. They have a section called Museum Quarter, which has many of their museums (duh). We went to Leopold Museum and Mumok (Vienna's MOMA). At the Leopold, we checked out the Gustav Klimt exhibit, and at Mumok, they were showcasing how fashion can make political statements.
We had lunch at this really cute Beisl (like a trattoria) hidden behind the museum quarter. I had a black pudding, with potatoes as sauerkraut. It was sooo good! It tasted like dinuguan. Mmmmm.
We almost missed our boat. We got to the dock right when they closed the gate. They opened the gate, and let us on. Vienna surprisingly has a lot of really cool street art all along the river bank.
We also went to the Prater. The famous Vienna Ferris Wheel is there--it was featured in the 3rd Man movie (and Anthony Bourdain went there too haha). It was scary! The damned thing creaked and swayed and rattled (ok, the rattling was of the windows and doors due to the wind).
Tried to go back to architecture museum but it was closed (damn guide book lied)
We had dinner at Cafe Museum. The interiors were done by Adolf Loos, and it totally shows his manifesto of ornament is crime. Anyway, the food was really good. I had this noodle dish...I forgot what it's called, but it's really good.
I need more time in Vienna.
Had a full day today.
We started trying to get tickets for a boat tour for the sunset cruise , but that was sold out, so we got tickets for later in the day (we have discount with our rail pass--rail pass is awesome!).
We went to Stephensondom--it's Vienna's cathedral. It was awesome--very gothic. We got there right in the middle of mass, so that was a little weird, but they kept it open for tourists. Fun fact: Mozart got married there.
Vienna has awesome museums. They have a section called Museum Quarter, which has many of their museums (duh). We went to Leopold Museum and Mumok (Vienna's MOMA). At the Leopold, we checked out the Gustav Klimt exhibit, and at Mumok, they were showcasing how fashion can make political statements.
We had lunch at this really cute Beisl (like a trattoria) hidden behind the museum quarter. I had a black pudding, with potatoes as sauerkraut. It was sooo good! It tasted like dinuguan. Mmmmm.
We almost missed our boat. We got to the dock right when they closed the gate. They opened the gate, and let us on. Vienna surprisingly has a lot of really cool street art all along the river bank.
We also went to the Prater. The famous Vienna Ferris Wheel is there--it was featured in the 3rd Man movie (and Anthony Bourdain went there too haha). It was scary! The damned thing creaked and swayed and rattled (ok, the rattling was of the windows and doors due to the wind).
Tried to go back to architecture museum but it was closed (damn guide book lied)
We had dinner at Cafe Museum. The interiors were done by Adolf Loos, and it totally shows his manifesto of ornament is crime. Anyway, the food was really good. I had this noodle dish...I forgot what it's called, but it's really good.
I need more time in Vienna.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Vienna Day 1
August 25, 2012 11:43 PM
I love Austria. It's so pretty! The train ride to Vienna involved passing through forests, mountains/hills, and little towns. It was very pretty. And! We passed by Salzburg <3 br="" i="" love="" salzburg.="">
Vienna is amazing. Very clean and very pretty. We just wandered from our hostel around the area and we covered a lot of ground already.
Sachertorte. OMG. It was amazing. Best thing ever. We had it at the Sacher Cafe at Sacher Hotel. It's so pretty!
Speaking of hostel, our hostel is great. It's very clean (I believe it might be new), the room is huge AND we have our ow bathroom. So cool! It's next to Naschmarkt, which is a market with food booths and on Saturdays it's a flea market.
Tonight, we got to watch a Mozart concert at the State Opera House. It's amazing! It was the first opera house in the world (an actual theater for opera). We scored box seats! It was neat. We were almost above the stage. None of that sitting with the crowd business LOL! I love being a student, you always get discounts hahaha. The concert was great, it was members of the Vienna Philharmonic.
I got schnitzel with noodle from a food stall outside the Opera. It's literally schnitzel with noodle--chow mein. It's was ok--the schnitzel was good, noodles were meh.
I love Austria. It's so pretty! The train ride to Vienna involved passing through forests, mountains/hills, and little towns. It was very pretty. And! We passed by Salzburg <3 br="" i="" love="" salzburg.="">
Vienna is amazing. Very clean and very pretty. We just wandered from our hostel around the area and we covered a lot of ground already.
Sachertorte. OMG. It was amazing. Best thing ever. We had it at the Sacher Cafe at Sacher Hotel. It's so pretty!
Speaking of hostel, our hostel is great. It's very clean (I believe it might be new), the room is huge AND we have our ow bathroom. So cool! It's next to Naschmarkt, which is a market with food booths and on Saturdays it's a flea market.
Tonight, we got to watch a Mozart concert at the State Opera House. It's amazing! It was the first opera house in the world (an actual theater for opera). We scored box seats! It was neat. We were almost above the stage. None of that sitting with the crowd business LOL! I love being a student, you always get discounts hahaha. The concert was great, it was members of the Vienna Philharmonic.
I got schnitzel with noodle from a food stall outside the Opera. It's literally schnitzel with noodle--chow mein. It's was ok--the schnitzel was good, noodles were meh.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Salzburg: The Sound of Music
11:00 PM August 9, 2011
Going on The Sound of Music tour was a dream come true. I've always wanted to go see Salzburg ever since I can remember (since the first time I saw the movie).
We didn't get to see the front and back of the house (they're both private property) but we did see the front of the house from far away through the tree-line way from where Maria sang "I Have Confidence" and the Von Trapp children were hanging from trees.
We got to see the lake behind the house where the children and Maria fell out of the boat.
We went to the little town of Mondsee to St Michael's Church where the filmed the wedding scene.
AMAZING apple strudel! With warm vanilla sauce. DIED!
The tour was a great way to see the hills and lakes outside of Salzburg.
I also bought me some dried edelweiss. The story with edelweiss is that a man who likes a girl is supposed to give her edelweiss. The catch is that edelweiss only grows on the tops of the alps around Austria.
We also went to the garden where many of the scenes of "Do Re Mi" were filmed.
After the tour, Chelsea and I went up the hill to Nonnberg abbey where the real Maria Von Trapp was studying to be a nun and where the movie filmed all the abbey scenes. It's still a nunnery today.
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Going on The Sound of Music tour was a dream come true. I've always wanted to go see Salzburg ever since I can remember (since the first time I saw the movie).
We didn't get to see the front and back of the house (they're both private property) but we did see the front of the house from far away through the tree-line way from where Maria sang "I Have Confidence" and the Von Trapp children were hanging from trees.
We got to see the lake behind the house where the children and Maria fell out of the boat.
We went to the little town of Mondsee to St Michael's Church where the filmed the wedding scene.
AMAZING apple strudel! With warm vanilla sauce. DIED!
The tour was a great way to see the hills and lakes outside of Salzburg.
I also bought me some dried edelweiss. The story with edelweiss is that a man who likes a girl is supposed to give her edelweiss. The catch is that edelweiss only grows on the tops of the alps around Austria.
We also went to the garden where many of the scenes of "Do Re Mi" were filmed.
After the tour, Chelsea and I went up the hill to Nonnberg abbey where the real Maria Von Trapp was studying to be a nun and where the movie filmed all the abbey scenes. It's still a nunnery today.
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Salzburg Day 1
11:40 PM August 8, 2011.
It had been a long day. Like I said in the last blog, we took the night train from Venice to Salzburg. I was in and out of sleep on the train and for the last hour I couldn't sleep. We got to Salzburg before 5 AM. I informed the hostel that we were to arrive at 5 and we got there, we couldn't check in yet (and they were fully booked for the night so our beds weren't ready). Chelsea and I slept on an L-shaped couch in the corner of the lounge room until it was check in time. We were knocked out! Once we checked in, took showers and got the day started (at 2PM).
I've said previously that I like European rain, I take it back. Rain in Salzburg is COLD. It felt like winter in San Diego. We weren't prepared for cold, so first order of business was to get warm. I bought a cheap pair of flats and leggings to go with the clothes I brought (only dresses). Once that was settled, we went about our day.
Salzburg is a very pretty small city built on the foothills of the Alps, in between Germany and Italy. It's very green. Its famous for music--not just The Sound of Music, it's the birthplace of Mozart and the Salzburg Music Festival.
We just walked around Salzburg Old Town (where majority of the historical and tourist things are located). We had lunch near Mozartplatz. I had goulash--like a tomato-based beef stew and potatoes. A welcomed break from pasta and pizza.
We also visited Mozart's birthplace, where they have some of his instruments. That was pretty neat. Then we had tea at Cafe Tomaselli where Mozart used to hang out at. We took the cable car(I believe it's called festungsbahn) up the top of the hill to the Salzburg fortress. It had great views of the city and the surrounding hills.
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It had been a long day. Like I said in the last blog, we took the night train from Venice to Salzburg. I was in and out of sleep on the train and for the last hour I couldn't sleep. We got to Salzburg before 5 AM. I informed the hostel that we were to arrive at 5 and we got there, we couldn't check in yet (and they were fully booked for the night so our beds weren't ready). Chelsea and I slept on an L-shaped couch in the corner of the lounge room until it was check in time. We were knocked out! Once we checked in, took showers and got the day started (at 2PM).
I've said previously that I like European rain, I take it back. Rain in Salzburg is COLD. It felt like winter in San Diego. We weren't prepared for cold, so first order of business was to get warm. I bought a cheap pair of flats and leggings to go with the clothes I brought (only dresses). Once that was settled, we went about our day.
Salzburg is a very pretty small city built on the foothills of the Alps, in between Germany and Italy. It's very green. Its famous for music--not just The Sound of Music, it's the birthplace of Mozart and the Salzburg Music Festival.
We just walked around Salzburg Old Town (where majority of the historical and tourist things are located). We had lunch near Mozartplatz. I had goulash--like a tomato-based beef stew and potatoes. A welcomed break from pasta and pizza.
We also visited Mozart's birthplace, where they have some of his instruments. That was pretty neat. Then we had tea at Cafe Tomaselli where Mozart used to hang out at. We took the cable car(I believe it's called festungsbahn) up the top of the hill to the Salzburg fortress. It had great views of the city and the surrounding hills.
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