Vienna, Austria: Arrived & Settled In

An uneventful flight brought us from ADB to VIE.

We were the only international flight arriving at VIE when we landed early at 12:45p local time. Immigration formalities were easy peasy … plenty of agents on hand to process those of us who did not qualify to use the biometric entry gates.

Next up … purchasing train tickets and 7-day transportation passes — the former to get us into the city today; the latter to get us around the city. We found the counter in the arrival halls and made our purchase in no time at all. Then it was just a matter of making our way to the Flughafen Wien Station and boarding the next train into the city a few minutes later. Transferring to the U6 (brown) metro line, a short ride put us less than 5 minutes walking distance to the AirBNB apartment that will be our base for four nights.

Once we were settled in, we headed out to the Billa Plus supermarket … kitty corner from the apartment. We now have our breakfast fixings and some light snacks for evening meals … plan to have our main meal mid-day somewhere convenient to whatever sightseeing plans we have on the calendar that day.

We’re taking it easy tonight. Tomorrow we have timed-entry tickets bright and early to visit … well, you just have to wait to find out what’s on our agenda for our first full day in Vienna.Read more