Tag: Vienna

Our last day in Vienna! Today we began by taking a quick peek at Naschmarket, a pleasant food market that happens to be just two blocks from our hotel. It's located in one long strip of pavement between rows of houses, so you can enter from one end of the street and just make your… Continue reading Naschmarkt, Schönbrunn Gardens, Spittelberg

The culture is coming out of my ears! Today, for the very first time these holidays, the weather was cold and rainy, so we took refuge in the History Museum, which is located in the same building as the Nationalbibliothek and the Ethnographic Museum (now called the Weld Museum). The building itself is grandiose and… Continue reading The History Museum, Albertina, Neubau

I'm exhausted! This was just our first full day in Vienna and it already feels like we've done three tours of the city. After so many days of walking, I get tired sooner every day...For our first visit today we went to the Museumsquartier, a complex off Heldenplatz that houses several museums and galleries. We… Continue reading Leopold Museum, Nationalbibliothek, Prater

Last night we bid farewell to Budapest in style, by having dinne at the New York Café, this gorgeous classical café where everything is gilded and basically just exactly the same as it was back when it was the meeting point of Budapest's literary elite. They even had a pianist at the hotel lobby that… Continue reading Arriving in Vienna