We arrive in Vienna on time with an uneventful flight (my first in nearly 10 years!). We wonder out and see Sophie waiting for us. Was a lovely surprise, as I didnt think she'd be meeting us from the airport. So glad she did though. Sophie has been in Vienna studying at the university as part of an Erasmus exchange, and so speaks very good German, and also knows her way around the city pretty well. She buys us our train tickets, and takes us straight to our hotel. The hotel was very cheap, so was expecting a complete dive. It is a little run-down, but the beds were comfy and the room is huge - complete with sofa and fridge.
We headed down Mariahilfer Strasse (the main shopping street) just along from our hotel to have a drink and a quick catch up. It was getting fairly late (it was gone 5pm before we checked into the hotel), so decide to head to Sophie's for some lunch and meet her flatmates who we'll be going out with later that night. We decide to ease into the cuisine slowly with a good old Italian. After which we headed to the Donauinsel to meet Sophie's friends and have a cocktail. This area of Veinna, next to the river, clearly comes alive at night. The area is full of small bars (either on the shore, or as permanently moored boats) and the area is bursting with lights and music. We start with a quick cocktail before finding one of these boats where we have a dance (to some fairly rubbish music in my opinion).
We headed down Mariahilfer Strasse (the main shopping street) just along from our hotel to have a drink and a quick catch up. It was getting fairly late (it was gone 5pm before we checked into the hotel), so decide to head to Sophie's for some lunch and meet her flatmates who we'll be going out with later that night. We decide to ease into the cuisine slowly with a good old Italian. After which we headed to the Donauinsel to meet Sophie's friends and have a cocktail. This area of Veinna, next to the river, clearly comes alive at night. The area is full of small bars (either on the shore, or as permanently moored boats) and the area is bursting with lights and music. We start with a quick cocktail before finding one of these boats where we have a dance (to some fairly rubbish music in my opinion).
Sophie's friends (all Erasmus students also) all seem really nice, and it was so good to be out with Sophie again, who I have only seen once since September. My first impressions of Austria is that it's quite a bit different from Germany. All the buildings are quite old-fashioned, but there is a lot of modern style cafe's and bars. The public transport is efficient, with the U-Bahn being fairly modern, although still having the manual doors like in Paris.
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