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    • Central Europe 2019/20
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      Day 3

      Rathausplatz Christmas Market

      December 15, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C

      Are you kidding me with this, honestly. Disney. This Christkindlmarkt is one of the big boys, and we walked past several little ones afterwards. Mulled wine v nice but honey wine even better. You pay a cup deposit and if you want to keep the cup you just don't return it. These were pretty cute but we got the 4 euro back. Quite tempted by the ice-skating course but process seemed to require an awful lot of steps.Read more

    • Central Europe 2019/20
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      Day 3

      The walk home

      December 15, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C

      Via two more Christmas markets, a fancy mall area, two long thin doggos, and eventually, two electric scooters which whipped us along the final kilometre for about 4 euro, which is reasonably steep but worth it for how much fun they are - they're everywhere, spread across about five different companies, these ones were Kiwi Ride or something. Brilliant.Read more

    • TravelerWinter in Europe
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      Day 8

      Hello Vienna

      December 23, 2019 in Austria ⋅ 🌧 7 °C

      Dale and Dommy drove us back to Bratislava this morning and the heavy rain. We caught the bus back to Vienna where Jakob and Elisabeth met us and took us back to their apartment building - we also met Ashleigh who is their Australian exchange student. After a lovely hot lunch we went out at about 4.30 to walk through two of the many Christmas markets here, having a look at all the lights and stalls and tasting some hot punch. We met up with Jakob’s dad Alois at a restaurant where I had a classic Wiener schnitzel - yum!
      We are staying in a spare flat that they own on the same floor of the building which is very nice.      Read more

    • TravelerWinter in Europe
      Day 9

      Christmas

      December 24, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

      We discovered that Christmas for the Rosenberger family (and most Europeans) is celebrated on the 24th. The day started with a beautiful breakfast of breads, jams, cheese, spreads and coffee with the family. This was a leisurely meal in the sunshine coming in the windows. We caught the underground train with Elisabeth and Ashleigh to the city centre to buy some tea and then got back on the train to the Schoenbrunn palace. There would have been a long wait for tickets to go inside so we met up with Jakob and just walked through some of the gardens and up a steep hill to the summer house for a nice view of the palace. The weather was nice and sunny so we looked around the Christmas market for a bit and had some hot food for lunch. Not long after returning back to the flat, the family had plans to meet up with friends at the Prater which is the big amusement park across the road. We went up on the Ferris wheel just as the sun was setting.
      The Christmas dinner was delicious - salmon and rice with a pavlova dessert made by Ashleigh. The three boys followed this with a quick concert of carols on their instruments - recorder (Jakob), bassoon (Flo) and french horn (Lucas). We then opened the presents while enjoying some champagne.
      We accompanied the family to midnight mass at their local Catholic church. This was a very different experience to see the ceremony and tradition of their service.
      We finally got to bed close to 2 AM.      Read more

    • TravelerWinter in Europe
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      Day 10

      Vienna from on high

      December 25, 2019 in Austria ⋅ 🌧 8 °C

      Today we got up a bit later due to the late night and enjoyed another lovely breakfast around the table. Jakob, Alois and Lucas walked with us to show us a bit of the local area including the Prater (big park with includes the amusement park), Jakob’s school and the church. It was fun to have a behind the scenes look at the church rooms and even up into the attic space! Jakob had all the keys!
      Alois was keen to drive us to a look out spot at Kahlenberg which commemorates the victory of the battle over the Turkish army. There were quite a few tourists here and despite the sun, the wind made it pretty freezing.
      He then took us to a huge monastery nearby called Stift Kloster Neuburg - the adjoining cathedral is gothic in style on the outside with a very ornate Baroque decoration inside.
      Finally we drove to the Donauturm (Danube tower) which is fairly new (1964) and about 150m tall. We went up in the lift for another view of the city. All this in their electric Renault car which can be charged in their home garage!      Read more

    • TravelerWinter in Europe
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      Day 11

      Walking Around Vienna

      December 26, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C

      Elisabeth kindly organised for us to have a friend of hers (who is a professional tour guide) give us a walking tour of the inner city. She showed us much of the medieval history of the buildings and explained a lot about the history of Vienna.
      We had a quick bite to eat and a hot chocolate in a traditional cafe and then went on to check out the Imperial Treasury museum. Back at home, Alois made us beef Bourguignon for an early dinner.
      We had booked a concert of Vivaldi’s four seasons at St Charles church that night - it was wonderful to hear in such an impressive venue! Everything is easy to get to via the underground.      Read more

    • Grape n’ Teds ’19/’20 Eurotrip
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      Day 14

      Vienna

      January 3, 2020 in Austria ⋅ ☀️ 1 °C

      Just a short stay in Vienna so we didn’t get to see as much as we’d have liked to, but packed a few sights into our 2 days. We started off at St Stephen’s Cathedral where we followed the hoards of tourists into the church and took the 343 step spiral staircase 67 metres up the South Tower to take in a bit of a view of the city. A few claustrophobic moments heading up as expected! The Cathedral had an amazing tiled zigzag roof which you can see in Ed’s photo. We had a wander through the Heldenplatz with some amazing Baroque architecture and gardens. Back to the Airbnb for some homemade Weiner Schnitzel. Yesterday we did a guided tour of the Concert Hall built in 1870 which was very grand! Wish we could of seen a concert as I believe the acoustics would be amazing to hear. A bit of a dreary weather day outside but we went for a walk in the gardens of the Schonbrunner Schlosspark next to the Schonbrunn Palace. I made Ed visit the big Greenhouse with me that was built in 1882 called the ‘Palmenhaus’. So many Australian plants and trees in there - makes you realise how fortunate we are with the native flora we have back home. Off to Prague in the morning :)Read more

    • Central Europe 2019/20
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      Day 25

      Get around the Prater

      January 6, 2020 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C

      Following our jaunt through Augarten to look at Nazi relics, we headed toward the Prater park with the hope of winter markets and possibly an amusement park ride or two (assumed it was mostly closed in the winter).

      Sweet Jeebers it was a winner. Roller coasters with no lines. Crazy high chair swings. Bonkers swinging pendulum things, and all the other theme park trimmings.

      We could walk up to any ride we wanted and jump straight on. There was a decent little rollercoaster to start, then the mammoth chair swing. It's 117m high, in a chain secured with some small chains with your feet dangling around in the wind, and I was petrified. I couldn't look around, up, or down - just dead straight the whole time. Lex enjoyed that a lot.

      To help calm down from this we moved straight on to the giant pendulum thing. Almost as high at its peak, but travelling a lot faster than the chairs-on-chains, with the added perk of tumbling you upside down. Loved the rush of it apart from the bit where it slows down and stops with us right up the top. Panicked a bit.

      That was it for heights based rides for me. Had a play with a couple of the go-kart tracks, and then gave a house of horrors/rollercoaster a crack. Being the big horror fans we are (not) this did seem a logical decision. The photo presented to us at the end of the ride proves otherwise (pictured).

      Grabbed one more indoor rollercoaster/laser show on the way out of the rides area and headed to the Christmas market for a glühwein weiß (mulled white wine). Great success for a non-planned afternoon.      Read more

    • GFY 12 Month Sabbatical
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      Day 215

      Vienna

      January 20, 2020 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C

      A wonderful stay with Verena and Albert in Vienna.
      We met this lovely couple in Italy many months ago when we started chatting in a restaurant. With great generosity and heart they gave us their details and invited us to stay in their apartment in Vienna, at any time. We were delighted to take up this kind offer and we were treated to an amazing home cooked feast. In fact we sat down at this table at 11 am and spent the next 13 hours talking, drinking and eating - such a memorable afternoon and evening with wonderful company.Read more

    • Min and Bear's Honeymoon
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      Day 8

      Hör auf, es zu genießen

      March 13, 2020 in Austria ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F

      "Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it." - William Feather

      We slept in today. To be honest, there was a little bit of an urge to do nothing but lay around and mourn the ruins of our honeymoon. But we got some treats from the patisserie downstairs, had some tea, and got moving.

      We spent our early afternoon walking around the city center, discovering museums and historical landmarks (that were closed), and enjoying each other's company. We stopped at the Palmenhaus for some lunch, walked around Hofburg palace, and found a spot in the grass to lay down and read.

      The rest of our afternoon was filled with more wandering, relaxing, and eating local Viennese food. Then we went to a concert. Sure, it was no Wagner at the Staatsoper, but watching a small group of performers playing the hits of Beethoven and Strauss was a wonderful evening.

      Budapest was amazing, to be sure. The sights and experiences were amazing. But we had so much to see and do, the focus was often on experiencing it all. Now, in a weird twisted sense, we're being forced to just stop and enjoy the happiness of being married to each other.

      So thank Coronavirus, I guess?      Read more

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    Wien, Vienna, Viena, Vídeň, Vienne, Wiedeń, Viana, Вена

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