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December 13, 2019
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Day 1
Friday, December 13, 2019 at 9:38 PM
⛅ 16 °C
Altitude: 121 m
Australia Tullamarine Airport -37.66845, 144.8465437°40’6” S 144°50’48” E
Festive thumbs up
December 13, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We're away. We're in Melbourne international airport looking for whoever put a grand piano here, around bored children with no rhythm, and then walked away. We'd like to wring their neck. The 14 hour flight to Abu Dhabi is breathing down ours, see you on the other side ✌️Read more
TravelerWhere’s a pair of ear plugs when you need them! Hope you get good seats for the long haul - F
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Day 2
Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 9:24 AM
⛅ 1 °C
Altitude: 16 m
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi International Airport 24.42755, 54.6546524°25’39” N 54°39’17” E
Get innnnn
December 14, 2019 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Very tall bloke in the window seat decided he'd try his luck for an aisle seat elsewhere on the plane (successfully it turned out) which gave us the row to ourselves - bewdy! 6.5 hours Abu Dhabi to Munich, slept most of and wolfed a lamb curry. Eyes are sandpaper, quite like to be there now pls.

We land in about an hour then train to Vienna - actually three trains as we need to transfer twice, once in Munich and once in Salzburg. I broke that gently to Rich just now and he's thrilled. Choo choo! ✌️Read more
TravelerWin for you guys! - F
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Day 2
Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 1:50 PM
☀️ 28 °C
Altitude: 21 m
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi International Airport 24.42902, 54.6439424°25’44” N 54°38’38” E
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14 hour flight down
December 14, 2019 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
This ridiculous beer was the price we happily paid to snag a booth next to a screen showing the football. We'll stake this out until our connecting flight to Munich, for which I saved Home Alone, to get into the Christmas spirit. ✌️Read more
Traveler Haha, that’s put it into perspective - F
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TravelerAnd they lost Richard ☹️
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Day 2
Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 2:25 PM
🌬 6 °C
Altitude: 443 m
Germany Munich International Airport 48.35289, 11.7733848°21’10” N 11°46’24” E
Baggage claim and Christmas wonderland?
December 14, 2019 in Germany ⋅ 🌬 6 °C
Walked out of Munich airport to a Christmas market which made the time I'd carved out before the train wonderful! Many doggos.
TravelerA Christmas Market, how lovely! - F
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Day 2
Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 3:07 PM
🌬 6 °C
Altitude: 459 m
Germany S-Bahnhof Flughafen München 48.355, 11.7883348°21’18” N 11°47’18” E
Currywurst
December 14, 2019 in Germany ⋅ 🌬 6 °C
Found a currywurst. Look at the face on it.
TravelerNom-nom obviously :)x - F
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Day 2
Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 9:20 PM
🌙 5 °C
Altitude: 173 m
Austria Kleinstaasdorf 48.28844, 16.0664948°17’18” N 16°3’59” E
48 hours
December 14, 2019 in Austria ⋅ 🌙 5 °C
Since we were in a bed. Nearly there.
TravelerOh dear 😴
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TravelerLong haul is awful - F
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Day 3
Sunday, December 15, 2019 at 10:11 AM
☁️ 4 °C
Altitude: 187 m
Austria Wien 48.20735, 16.3942948°12’26” N 16°23’39” E
Hallo Hundertwasserhaus
December 15, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
TravelerIt looks amazingly quirky, love it. You two look pretty good too, considering the long flight - F
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Day 3
Sunday, December 15, 2019 at 10:43 AM
☁️ 5 °C
Altitude: 174 m
Austria Stadtpark 48.20406, 16.3801948°12’15” N 16°22’49” E
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Ducks and that
December 15, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Traveler I'll take a bunch of gerberas please! - F
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Traveler I note the similarities about the mouth 👌 -F
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Traveler Like..... there’s no - Like button xx
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Traveler Lovely photo 🥰
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Day 3
Sunday, December 15, 2019 at 11:45 AM
☁️ 6 °C
Altitude: 180 m
Austria MAK-Austrian Museum of applied arts 48.20754, 16.381748°12’27” N 16°22’54” E
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Salonplafond
December 15, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
Rich is pretty tickled by that photo of me with the currywurst. I think we're both in a better mood now we've had our first meal in Vienna.

Salonplafond is the restaurant attached to a design museum, we both had a melange coffee, Rich got schnitzel with cranberries and potato salad, and I got a dense stack of wholemeal bread, avocado, bacon, a fried egg, and chilli mayo.

Spotted another dog under the table, they are very pup friendly here which is brilliant. Kick off at Generali-Arena is at 2.30 so we aren't in a rush...Read more
Traveler Oof
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Traveler Ha snap! And just saying, the robot eyes reflected in your glasses are creepy 😬 - F
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Day 3
Sunday, December 15, 2019 at 2:59 PM
☁️ 6 °C
Altitude: 255 m
Austria Laaer Berg 48.16211, 16.3861348°9’44” N 16°23’10” E
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Up Wien
December 15, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
Wien v Wolfsberg today, ended 1:1 after an early goal from our boys (Wien obviously) and we got to see Jimmy the Australian subbed in during the second half
Traveler Is that popcorn? 🍿
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Day 3
Sunday, December 15, 2019 at 4:13 PM
☁️ 6 °C
Altitude: 248 m
Austria Laaer Berg 48.16167, 16.3866748°9’42” N 16°23’12” E
Purple sky at night...?
December 15, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
TravelerDid you get good seats? - F
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TravelerYes 5 rows back!
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Day 3
Sunday, December 15, 2019 at 6:01 PM
☁️ 4 °C
Altitude: 193 m
Austria Rathauspark 48.21066, 16.3587648°12’38” N 16°21’32” E
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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
Traveler Yummy mulled wine!
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Traveler More decorations for me Lexie?!!
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Traveler Lovely photo! - F
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Day 3
Sunday, December 15, 2019 at 6:22 PM
☁️ 4 °C
Altitude: 183 m
Austria Rathauspark 48.21, 16.3583348°12’36” N 16°21’30” E
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More Christmas market
December 15, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
TravelerSo pretty 🥰
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Traveler Now that’s a meat stall - F
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Sunday, December 15, 2019 at 7:13 PM
☁️ 3 °C
Altitude: 193 m
Austria Rathauspark 48.21158, 16.3624148°12’42” N 16°21’45” E
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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
TravelerStrudels, yum 😋
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Traveler Did you buy? - F
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Traveler Very pretty! - F
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Day 3
Sunday, December 15, 2019 at 8:40 PM
☁️ 3 °C
Altitude: 173 m
Austria Wien 48.21247, 16.3887648°12’45” N 16°23’20” E
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Jet lag!
December 15, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
It's 3.30am and we are done trying to pretend to sleep. Going to enjoy a bit more of Branna's amazing surprise and wait for sunrise (four hours) 😍🥂
TravelerA lovely surprise! 🥂
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TravelerYay 😊
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Traveler What a beautiful way to watch the sunrise - 😊 F
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Day 4
Monday, December 16, 2019 at 10:29 AM
☁️ 3 °C
Altitude: 182 m
Austria Neue Aula (Alte Universität)48.20869, 16.3754448°12’31” N 16°22’32” E
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Cafe Diglas
December 16, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
Gorgeous, tasty. I'd seen Cafe Diglas in a video about cafe culture - we ordered a cliche yet delicious melange and apple strudel and sat for a while.
Traveler This is a TOP photo mate nice one
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Traveler Thank you! How cute are the lampshades
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TravelerYum
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Day 4
Monday, December 16, 2019 at 11:25 AM
☁️ 3 °C
Altitude: 189 m
Austria Stephansplatz 48.20833, 16.3716748°12’30” N 16°22’18” E
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Old things feat. Nuff
December 16, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
Traveler Looks fantastic!
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Traveler So big! I can just imagine the inside 😍 - F
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TravelerBeautiful photos! The first one of the cathedral looks like a painting, the light is amazing!
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Day 4
Monday, December 16, 2019 at 12:47 PM
☁️ 5 °C
Altitude: 180 m
Austria Michaelerplatz 48.2081, 16.3667848°12’29” N 16°22’0” E
Yes please
December 16, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Nobody is more extra than this woman. No. Bod. Y.
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Day 4
Monday, December 16, 2019 at 4:48 PM
☁️ 4 °C
Altitude: 185 m
Austria Hoher Markt 48.21215, 16.3745448°12’44” N 16°22’28” E
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End of the walking tour
December 16, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
We went on a 2 hour afternoon walking tour of some key sights, mostly related to the various royal buildings and history of the holy Roman empire. This was where the tour finished, in the Jewish Quarter, on a sombre note.Read more
Traveler Like something out of Victorian times, it’s beautiful - F
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Day 4
Monday, December 16, 2019 at 6:45 PM
☁️ 2 °C
Altitude: 172 m
Austria Musikverein 48.20092, 16.3728448°12’3” N 16°22’22” E
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Karlsplatz Christmas Market
December 16, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
Traveler What are they doing here? - F
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Traveler As far as I can work out it's a kids playground of hay they can throw around and bury themselves in? Very cute but odd.
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Traveler Very odd 🤔
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Day 4
Monday, December 16, 2019 at 7:04 PM
☁️ 2 °C
Altitude: 172 m
Austria Musikverein 48.20094, 16.3728148°12’3” N 16°22’22” E
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Richard & a bout of ennui at the concert
December 16, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
Traveler You must have been early!
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TravelerBeautiful hall - F
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Traveler Ha yes we were!
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Day 5
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 12:47 PM
☁️ 5 °C
Altitude: 187 m
Austria Fünfhaus 48.18582, 16.3127648°11’9” N 16°18’46” E
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Schonbrunn Palace
December 17, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
As we learned on the walking tour yesterday, this was the summer palace, and we had fun exploring the grounds, scrunching through the gravel admiring the disciplined hedging (Richard particularly, huge fan).

It's about 7km from where we're staying and we ended up at the Palmenhaus, still in the palace grounds, which I had triumphantly talked up as our lunch destination, only to find out nope this is a zoo, the brasserie I'd booked is in the *old* Palmenhaus, much, much, closer to town.

Rich was delighted.Read more
Traveler Stylish 😊
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Traveler 😀 happy!
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Traveler It’s a good looking zoo 😉 - F
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Day 5
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 1:44 PM
☁️ 6 °C
Altitude: 168 m
Austria Burggarten 48.2051, 16.3669548°12’18” N 16°22’1” E
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Palmenhaus take 2
December 17, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
We found the right one in the end. They had a set menu option of two courses for 16 euro so Rich got probably the tastiest tomato soup ever and pork with mushrooms and rice, and I got a kind of crumbed Raclette with endive salad and cranberries - more cheese than anyone needs, really - and more delish strudelRead more
Traveler Lovely airy place, was it warm? - F
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Traveler Yes it was a perfect temperature!
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Day 5
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 3:59 PM
☁️ 5 °C
Altitude: 181 m
Austria Austrian National Library 48.20617, 16.3666548°12’22” N 16°21’60” E
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Get rekt
December 17, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
This is the State Room of the National Library. Sweet babby cheesus.
TravelerOh my lord. Did you walk up one of the step ladders? - F
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Traveler Love it love it love it - 😍 F
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Day 5
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 4:12 PM
☁️ 5 °C
Altitude: 173 m
Austria Wien 48.21247, 16.3888348°12’45” N 16°23’20” E
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Wandering around
December 17, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
... did you know it's the Christmas season?
TravelerIt’s so pretty, just like Christmas cards! - F
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Traveler Wow!!
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