Vienna, Austria

December 2018

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- Dec 20, 2018
- ❄️ -2 °C
- Altitude: 187 m
- Austria Vienna Inner city Vindobona Stadtpark 48.20147, 16.3825148°12’5” N 16°22’57” E
Day 1
Day 1 in Vienna, Austria
December 20, 2018 in Austria ⋅ ❄️ -2 °C
It's my first day in Vienna and it's freezing cold. There is leftover snow on the floor, and my face actually turned red. I am black so it takes extreme weather for me to go red. I checked into the hotel and then went to explore a church. After this I went to the Christmas market on Rathausplatz. Over here I tried some Christmas punsch which was VERY strong. I had 2 and literally felt my head spinning. So I took the tram andheaded off to "knoedel manufaktur" which is a dumpling shop. I tried the knoedel with pork and sauerkraut. It was nice...but not as nice as Polish pierogi.

People in Vienna are not very friendly. It's a shame because the city seems beautiful. I cannot tell whether it is just the way they are...or whether there are some other "factors" that are triggering their behaviour. I need another day before making a judgement.Read more
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- Dec 21, 2018
- 🌫 -1 °C
- Altitude: 188 m
- Austria Vienna Inner city Vindobona Wien 48.21069, 16.3884948°12’38” N 16°23’19” E
Day 2
Day 2 in Vienna, Austria
December 21, 2018 in Austria ⋅ 🌫 -1 °C
There is definitely an issue with race in Austria. I don't want to spend paragraphs talking about what happened. However, I will definitely make a blog post about it. But for now I will share what I did today.

I started the day with a visit to the Naschmarkt which is an extremely long market. Then I went to wander around the schonbrunn palace gardens. It was too cold so I sat in the cafe and had a "wiener melange" (traditional Viennese coffee). To be honest...it was nothing special. It tasted like a latte and it definitely wasn't strong.

It didn't feel as if I did much today but I must have because my feet are hurting so bad. After the coffee I watched a strudel making demonstration...and then went to the natural history museum. It's the best one that I have ever seen.

For dinner I tried schnitzel. It looks massive but it's actuallly very light. When I saw it my first thought was "how am I going to eat this?". I did struggle but that is probably because I ate early...and ate a lot during the day in general.Read more
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