Austria, Vienna.

The words make no sense to me at all. They are not even a little bit like words I know. We have arrived in Austria. As we crossed the border we were talking about the Terminator. First village sign we see is for Arnoldstein. Wonder if it's going to be a theme? The drive from Udine was really good, another 450k's but on freeways devoid of trucks! Yesterday's trip was solid trucks the whole way. The drive through the alps (and I mean through) was really quite pretty when we were not in a tunnel. We left early so arrived in Vienna in the early afternoon, checked into our hotel and did a bit of exploring. We are quite centrally located, about a ten minute walk from the museum quarter. This is a precinct of gorgeous old buildings holding a range of different museums forming a plaza that has cafes and bars around the edge. We went into the Leopold Museum to see a Klimt exhibition and got totally swept away by the Egon Schiele exhibition. Wow. Finished the day with our first authentic Austrian meal - of course, Roge had the schnitzel. Tomorrow we'll jump on the tourist bus and let it takes us around. We're only here for two full days (leaving Sunday) so we have have to pack in the sightseeing.Read more