I have been kind of late with
this post, because it’s been over a week since we returned from our trip, but
better later than never, right?
First week of June, my boyfriend and
I spend in beautiful Vienna, Austria. We went there by car, driving is not that
long, about four hours from Ljubljana. What is four hours to someone who lives
in USA J
Donauturm - the highest building in Austria
view from Donauturm
Anyway we had a wonderful time,
the weather was great. Austria is quite expensive for my opinion. Small bottle
of water costs from 1,60€ in stores to 1,90€ at the gas stations. Of course
most of restrooms are not for free. Regular cup of coffee is around 3,5€,
average lunch is 15€. It might not seem a lot, but money goes quickly from your
hands. Food in grocery store was more expensive that in Slovenia, well at least
our closest supermarket. Not to mention if you like pretty things in stores… Also
commission fees in museums can go up to 25€, while most of entries in London
was for free. And there was no security check. Vienna is quite busy city, full
of tourists, mostly from Asia. It is not that dynamic than London, but more
calm and somehow friendly. I felt relaxed when we were walking through the
streets. Public transportation was good and less crowded than in England, but
of course, it’s a smaller city.
War history museum
main train station
Culinary milestones? No. Actually
I was disappointed. I didn’t like the coffee that much and the cake on one of
the busiest streets was dry and boring. We loved everything from Dunkin’ Donuts,
Starbucks and McDonalds. Very European. Don’t judge, we were on vacation! Oh
and the pizza was also wonderful.
very good pizza
Anything else to share? It’s friendly,
safe and clean city, filled with history and wonderful parks and palaces. If
you like those kind of things, you should definitely visit. You can’t go wrong
with Vienna. And be prepared to walk – a lot. Those great buildings and public gardens
are huge. We made 75km of walking that week!
Shonbrunn gardens
Schonbrunn zoo - sleeping panda
Schonbrunn zoo - cheetah
Selfie for goodbye
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