Vienna Day 1

The ground floor apartment is clean and comfortable but the layout is weird. The shower is opposite the kitchen and separated from the living area by a half wall.

Got a 72 hour ticket for the transport. Used it to go to the FK Austrian Wein ground for tickets to Sunday’s game. My ticket cheaper than Paul’s because they are trying to get more women through the gates. Back in the centre for a coffee and a warm. Sleety rain here today.

Rain not really stopped all day. Whiled away the afternoon over a couple of very slow beers. We watched the brewers at work as they emptied one of the brewing chambers and cleared out the hops.

We also went in St Stephen’s cathedral right in the centre. It was heavily damaged during the war with the roof being completely destroyed. Totally restored by 1952. To be honest a very impressive building but lacking the calm of some other cathedrals I’ve been in.Read more