Austria, Slovakia and Romania

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Trip start
November 9, 2022
Austria, Slovakia and Romania JHarwood
St Stephen’s Cathedral
November 10, 2022 in Austria ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
First stop in Vienna ( 🇦🇹 ) is the central cathedral. Including climbing over 380 steps up the near 70m high tower for amazing views across Vienna.
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Walking along Vienna ring road
November 10, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
The next stop was a long walk around the Vienna ring road, filled with amazing architecture including:

• Museum Quarter - with statue of Maria Theresa (1740-80), & lady Europa.
• Parliament
• City hall
• Opera House
• Hofburg Palace
• Karlskirche

We walking around 5-6KM around the museum quarter and ring with plenty to see along the way.Read more
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Schonbrunn Palace
November 10, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
The next stop of the day was Schönbrunn Palace. This was the seat of Austrian monarchy’s summer residence for hundred of years, but was last modified in the 1750s by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria who received the house as a wedding gift. More recently it was used up until 1918 when the Austrian royal family fell and the Republic of Austria was formed.Read more
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Wien Schnitzel
November 10, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
I have nothing else to say about this other than it was by far the best schnitzel I’ve ever eaten. And as the guy serving it said said it certainly is the “best schnitzel in Vienna”. All for about £5.50.Read more
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Vienna Christmas Tree
November 10, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
A little early for the Christmas markets BUT, Vienna had already put up their Christmas tree 🎄, so would be rude not to pay it a visit before heading back.
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Bratislava 🇸🇰
November 11, 2022 in Slovakia ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Another day, another country! Today it’s a short trip across the border to Slovakia 🇸🇰 and it’s capital Bratislava.

Our first stop in the city was the old town, inhabited for 500 years ++, and apart of many different countries including Austria-Hungry, Czechoslovakia, puppet state of the USSR and many thing in between.Read more
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River Danube
November 11, 2022 in Slovakia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
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Bratislava Castle
November 11, 2022 in Slovakia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Mostly a reconstructed castle, Bratislava castle sits at the top of one of the many hills of Bratislava, the castle has never ever been attacked. It was the seat of Austria monarchy and a firm favourite of Maria Theresa who would come from Austria for a holiday- she probably come for the cheap beer!

Today though it’s a great spot for looking out across to Austria, and Hungary, and over to the socialist part of the city with its towering apartment blocks.Read more
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Soviet Bratislava
November 11, 2022 in Slovakia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
The final stop on the tour of Bratislava was a trip around the socialist parts of the city. This included a hike up to the Slavin monument, a war memorial for Soviet soldiers who died liberating Slovakia from Nazi Germany. After this we stopped at a building voted the worst in the world (it resembles an upside down pyramid and is now a TV HQ for a national Slovakia channel). Then final it was on to independent square which includes plenty of Soviet building, adorned with art work depicting the roles of the Soviet workers, from farmers to mechanics, soldiers to housewife.Read more
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Bucharest, Romania 🇷🇴
November 12, 2022 in Romania ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Straight off the plane and into central Bucharest! The architecture is seriously stunning… does not feel like you’re in Eastern Europe at all, add the fact that the language has romance origins, it is more akin to Italian or Spanish, than the Slovak language of Eastern Europe!Read more
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Trip end
November 13, 2022