Hey guys!
I hope you
are all fine?
Since the
weather here is not springtime at all, I wanted to share with you my stay in
Vienna 3 ½ years ago! I know it’s quite a long time, but I remember it pretty
well since it was my first weekend-trip to a foreign country.
I went
there with some friends from university at the end of November 2014. The
journey was pretty long by bus (about 5 hours), but we slept the whole time
since we’ve been to the Prof’s Night the night before at just had had half an hour
of sleep.
After getting
to Vienna at about 1pm we went to our rooms and late we had a guided tour. Since
she was pretty boring we left the group and discovered Vienna by our own. Since
one of my friends had been there a few years before, she knew some sights so we
went to the café Mozart passing by the Opera House, strolled through the
shopping streets till it got night and saw the lovely Stephansdom. 
Stephansdom
After eating
at Vapiano (been there for the first time at totally fell in love), we went
back home since the next day we had to get up early.
On Saturday
we went to see Schloss Schönbrunn, the castle of Sissi. Unfortunately, I didn’t
enter it (#scrooge) but it was amazing from the outside, so I believe it’s
pretty beautiful from the inside as well. Since it was fall, the garden wasn’t
lush but I enjoyed it anyways. Srolling through the same paths the empress
Sissi walked through is just unbelievable. In the yard of the castle was a
little Christmas market me and my friend had a look on.
The castle from the front
The castle from the backyard
The Neptune Fountain
lovely christmas bauble stall
Later that day, we went to see the Imperial Palace Hofburg and the Christmas market at the townhall.
Imperial Palace Hofburg
The next
day was the day we left Vienna, so we hadn’t a lot of time since we had to
check-out and leave at 1 pm. We just went to the St. Charles Church which wasn’t
far away from the Hostel we stayed at. It is truly a beautiful church but I
imagine it even more pretty in Summer when the fountain in front of it is
filled with water at the garden surrounding it is lush.
St. Charles Church
So that was
my short 2-days-stay in Vienna. I really liked the city and regret that I wasn’t
there for much time to see even more sights, like the Hundertwasser House, the
Danube Tower and so on. I can truly recommend it and if you haven’t heard these
days, Vienna was even elected the most liveable city in the world!
Have you
ever been to Vienna? If yes did you like it? If not, would you consider going
there? Leave a comment!
-Sara xx
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how come im only seeing this post now...
ReplyDeleteloved our weekend getaway to vienna.
its so crazy how i completely forgot basically everything we did. so reading your little summary made me smile. good times <3