Our flight to Vienna provided some pretty amazing views of the alps and was only about an hour long. I really didn't know too much about Austria or Vienna before we arrived. I have to say it quickly jumped close to, if not the top of my favorite trip city.
Our first day we walked around getting used to the layout and trying to see the sights from our map. We got lost a few times but it was a good thing. We ran into so many fun areas of the city. It was so exciting to turn a corner and see a new museum, plaza, or cool side street. The circle road around old downtown made an easy landmark to guide us. There are two downtowns actually; old and new.
The big deal in Vienna is the wiener schnitzel. We googled the best place to have it and it's amazing! Seriously it's so good. It is basically veal pounded paper thin and then breaded and fried. Not too unlike the Indiana tenderloin. I ate mine and half of Shelby's.
Day two we spent more time walking around and eventually caught a bus tour around the city. Like I said before, there are two downtowns. The bus tour took us to both. Old downtown is full of old cathedrals, palaces, and museums. New downtown is much more modern with tall buildings and very modern architecture and lighting. The two are only a mile or two apart!
In the middle our bus stopped at a little street with strange architecture. The architect hated straight lines which made for a very unique building. See the picture.
We grabbed some homemade sausage for lunch which was also excellent. I had it with sauerkraut and mustard, Shelby with French fries. We are doing a good job with the Austrian food. After lunch we hit up the history museum before going to what Shelby and I called Christmas town.
Vienna does Christmas right! They are already full on celebrating. Christmas town is actually a market that pops up around one of the main buildings (I'm not even going to try and spell it here). The market is full of toys, chocolate, punche (hot alcoholic punch), and other tasty treats. It was packed with people and Christmas cheer. We had a blast eating things we didn't know couldn't pronounce.
Tonight we had a few yummy beers to escape the cold before heading back to the hotel to write a quick blog. We head back to Madrid tomorrow to start our journey back home :(
Vienna was a fabulous surprise. I can't recommend it enough! So fun!
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