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    Melbourne

    April 23, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Melbourne -1 days and counting
    Dinner to get the holiday underway. A lovely Italian restaurant in Niddrie. And then to Holiday Inn at the airport for the night. Thanks Bevan and Magenta for driving us and setting us off in style!Read more

  • TravelerItaly 2024
    Day 1

    Shanghai

    April 24, 2024 in China ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    Day 0 We're off but it's no holiday -yet
    An easy departure - just had to walk across the road to Terminal 2!
    Flight was good and even dozed. China Eastern was fine - food was fine, but not much in the way of movie, and we probably no alcohol did us good.
    Scenery was amazing flying over islands and ocean. Storm clouds spectacular.
    Arrived Shanghai around 8 pm local time (10 pm Melb time) .
    Airport is huge! But as transit travellers funnelled directly to international departure area. A few duty free places, but just one sad cafe. Still a beer and a coffee, were welcome! Need to check the restaurant on the VIP floor on our trip back.
    Departed at 12.30 am local time so sleep was the main aim.    Read more

  • TravelerItaly 2024
    Day 2–6

    Vienna

    April 25, 2024 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    Day1 - Vienna the wait is over
    Arrived in Paris at 6 am local time ( now on Cental Europe Standard time -8 hrs behind Melb). A brief period of anxiety as we had to get boarding passes for this Air France leg. Complicated by the chaos caused by a strike impacting a number of flights.
    But this is an airport;! We had to fall into a French bakery for coffee and pastries with great relief!
    Flight to Vienna relatively short - 2 hrs. And painless.
    But it had to happen sooner or later and today was the day/trip - our bags didn't make it. Judith was happily re-united with her case, but Derek's and my bags were not coming through that hatch no matter how long we waited 😞. Luckily they are on their - who can blame them for wanting to stay in Paris longer? Hopefully we will see them tomorrow morning.
    Getting out of airport was alarmingly easy - throgh the door marked. A train into the city, a 10 min walk to apartment and home for the next 3 days!
    Despite exhaustion we couldn't resist going out for an explore. We aren't far from Karl's Kirche and the Uni district - familiar to us from last trip, so it was an easy walk into the centre. So many people here ahead of us - how did the word get out!
    Vienna lovely and graceful while it buzzes, and people queue for the cafes and little lane ways wait to surprise us around winding streets. A joy.
    But a quiet night in with wine and soup.    Read more

  • TravelerItaly 2024
    Day 3

    Vienna 2

    April 26, 2024 in Austria ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Day 2 Tired but too much to see!
    Not sure when bags will be delivered so need to be close to apartment for comms re timing. So a lazy morning tho Derek went out early for a long walk. When he got back Judith and I had our turn. Headed off to Naschmarkt which is not far. Found a delightful Cafe on the way cafe Wortner - had to stop for coffee and cake! Market was great with lots of fresh fruit/vegetables, deli's, meat, fish and cafes of every type and country! Will have to go back to buy a few things!
    Quiet rest of the afternoon resting up for a
    busy evening.
    Went out about 6, and walked to the park near Karlsplatz for a small bite and a drink. Nice and mild to be out. Concert at AnneKirche - Mozart Chamber Quartet. Church and music were lovely. Finished just after 9, and we headed to Hotel Sacher for Supper. A great timecto go - no queue! (but as we were leaving crowds streaming out from Opera and elsewhere so timing was perfect!)
    Of course had to have the Sacher Torte - why else would you go there? (Tho I'm sure everything on the menu is fab) and lovely coffee with orange liqueur. A perfect way to finish the day!    Read more

  • TravelerItaly 2024
    Day 4

    Vienna 3

    April 27, 2024 in Austria ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Day 3 Blue Danube
    Up early (nothing new about that with jet lag plaguing us all) to do Parkrun. Here in Vienna!
    Judith didn't feel like a long walk so just Derek and I ventured out. Luckily I had track pants and runners with me, so i could l do it even though my running gear still not here!
    Caught the train to the other side of Vienna and across the Danube. Parkrun is held in Donau Park which is lovely and big. Not a lot of people (122 in total) with quite a few English ex pats. Very friendly and welcoming. The route was lovely - flat and, unusually, 3 laps of the course. A beautiful morning. My time was ok - but a PB for Vienna- a record likely to hold for quite a while! We joined others going to a local cafe. Lovely sitting out on a deck and enjoyed talking to people about living in Vienna.
    Derek and I then caught the train to the bridge over the Danube and got off there to walk across. Amazing. There is a huge but narrow Island in the middle, effectively making 2 rivers. One side is called the new Danube and is very clean (no cruise boats) and even has beaches for swimming. It is actually quite blue. The other section not so clean, but still beautiful looking to distant hills/mountains. A number of cruise boats were lined up on the side of the river. Huge!
    Back at our apartment, finally got a call from the courier re our bags, but delivery not due till about 3. That didn't give us much opportunity to get out, unfortunately. Feels like we have spent a lot of our time here waiting! But it did give us good opportunity to rest.
    Bags finally here! So happy to have more and clean fresh clothes!
    Spruced ourselves up and went out for a drink at Cafe Wortner - busy with people enjoying the sun and last of day's warmth.
    Back home and take away pizza with a bottle of prosecco.
    Another early night - but with pyjamas!    Read more

  • TravelerItaly 2024
    Day 5

    Vienna 4

    April 28, 2024 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    Vienna Day 4 - Oh Vienna!
    A big day planned! A warm day - F'cast 24 C, so glad I have clothes to choose from!
    Derek off early for a walk and Judith and I met him at Wortner's at 9.
    The off to Naschmarkt to do some shopping for lunch and maybe a few extras - only to find shops and produce stores all closed! Plenty of cafes tho. We found out later shops can't open on Sunday (tho plenty seemed to be in city - maybe a tourism exception).
    Luckily there was a Spar open not far away (the only one we could find) doing a roaring trade. Walked to BurgGarten which is behind/in front of? Hofburg Imperial Palace. Huge complex of buildings. Beautiful gardens with plenty of people enjoying the weather
    We split up there as I wanted to go to Albertina Museum. Fantastic to see the residential rooms - fascinating info and amazing collection of art - particularly the line drawings.
    Then there was an Impressionism exhibition, and a special Roy Lichtenstein exhibition.
    Met up with Derek and Judith in Volks Garten. Beautiful park tho unfortunately roses not flowering but lots of people to watch as we had our picnic lunch.
    Then to Globe Museum!- very interesting and amazing collection.
    Then to the tea house we found on our first day. Delightful outdoor area tho people smoking(obviously permitted here) but quite unpleasant espec as we are not used to it any more. How lucky we are to have enlightened approaches to health and smoking!
    Tea range was amazing! Judith and I had Special Viennese Blend, Derek had Citrus Jasmine. Both beautiful and we planned on buying some in the fab store - only to find shop closed due to Sunday trading restrictions! 😞.
    Finally headed off home. A rest, finished off the prosecco and olives and a bit of packing for tomorrow's departure.
    Dinner at Wortners (just about only Viennese restaurant open in the area! - surprised that so many places are closed on Sat and Sun). A beautiful mild evening and able to sit outside. Finally got to have real Viennese dishes. Judith and I had Wiener Schnitzel - so big we could have shared one dish! But Beautiful - crisp outside thin, tender meat. Derek had the Beef Goulash which he clearly enjoyed.
    Home about 9 and in bed soon after.    Read more

  • TravelerItaly 2024
    Day 6

    Salzburg

    April 29, 2024 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    Definitely one of my favourite things!
    Were the hills alive with the sound of music? Probably - with all the tourists running around!
    It was a lovely train trip to Salzburg and we had good view of the snow capped mountains. Stored our bags in lockers at the station and armed with MORE lunch supplies and a guide book on walks around the town we set out for a long afternoon of sight seeing. Lunch sitting by the Salzach River which whet our appetite for the delightful scenery. I'd heard Salzburg looks like a movie set, but I wasn't prepared for the revelation or how much we enjoyed it - even without SoM sites and shenanigans!
    We caught the funicular up to the fortress which looks over the city - and it made the whole day worth it. Spectacular scenery overlooking the town and snow capped mountains - if only we'd known about the cafes on the terraces enjoying those views! The Dom (cathedral) was fabulous too, and it's foundations date from the 9th C!
    A walk back to the station for some final Austrian fare, and then boarding our train for the overnight trip to Milan. An adventure in itself with 3 of us in a tiny but well designed cabin. Fell asleep to the gentle rocking of yhe train. A shame it was too dark to see the beautiful scenery outside.    Read more

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    Day 7

    Milan

    April 30, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    Milan - A short stop (well it was meant to be!) for the important things.
    An early start being woken up at 5am by a blaring alarm, but we could relax a bit with breakfast being delivered at 7 and disembarking at Milano Rogeredo at 7 40. After a bit of confusion getting on metro arrived at Milano Centrale and dropped off our bags for a morning of sightseeing. The station is as magnificent and sprawling as I remember, but so glad to see new sights this time. Sadly La Scal awas shrouded in scaffolding, but Galleria Vottorio was a few steps away ( and yes I can see the resemblance to Block Arcade!) And the a few steps further to the Duomo. It was all magnificent and busy!
    We were supposed to catch 1.10 train to La Spezia and the Riomaggiore, and 90 minutes later we were on the train.
    Riomaggiore is as beautiful and quaint as I remember - but more cafes!
    We are staying opposite the Church on a little piazza and overlooking main street - just delightful - uphill but not too many steps. Dinner at a nearby Cafe and after a stroll in the balmy twilight a stop for some local vino bianco before bed    Read more

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