We arrived after a trip up the Danube from Bratislava. Met an Italian woman on the boat who had just returned from 7 mths in Asia. Interesting to hear about her travels and experiences through India.
Vienna is all that we expected, easily the most spectacular city (architecturally) visited so far. Thank goodness for digital cameras, you would be constantly changing films otherwise. Had a six hour walk around town beginning and ending with delicious food at the Naschmarkt. An amazing array of food and spices, and very close to our hotel on Gumpendorfer Street (cute name)
During the six hours we managed to cover a rather large portion of the old town area with highlights being St Stevens church, Haydn''s house, Mozart's house, and the quirky Kunst and Hundertwasser's houses. No straight lines of course, even the footpaths outside the houses were curved and uneven. We also came across an art gallery with Hundertwasser paintings for sale, starting from around 300,000 euro up to....? The experience of Austrian restaurant food was not a highlight of the stay here, schnitzel and potatoes, thought we should have their signature dish.
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