Wednesday 2 October 2013

Vienna Fall 2013 - Part 1

Arriving In Vienna

Saturday - September 28th 2013

Late September Claudia had to attend a conference in Vienna and on Saturday I followed and picked her up around noon. First we drove to our hotel to check in and to drop our luggage off. We stayed at the Austria Trend Hotel Doppio, which was conviniently located near the U3 subway and the 18 and 71 tram lines. Due to the hotel's proximity to the highway, it was very easy to reach the hotel by car. Our modern room was really nice and we were surprised that it was equipped with a high definition TV, but the mini bar could have been filled with beer and wine as well. Next to the reception there was a bar, but we didn't have any drinks there.

Austria Trend Hotel Doppio

Reception and Bar

Our Room

Bathroom

After we checked in, we were on our way to the inner city to have a late lunch at a vegetarian restaurant called Loving Hut. I had a veggie burger and Claudia chose the pasta. Later we just walked around the beautiful city and had a vegan ice cream at Veganista.

Summer Rolls

Pasta

Veggie Burger

Cultural Museum

Ice Cream

Ice Cream

Our next stop was the Meinl's Winebar. What a great place. We discovered the bar last year and of course we had to go there again. There we met some guys from Denmark who invited us to taste a really expensive French wine. Needless to say, that the wine was fantastic.

Hofburg Palace

Meinl's Winebar

Meinl's Winebar

A couple of glases later we were getting hungry and decided to have dinner. On the way there we had to stop at another beautiful bar for a cold Stella Artois. Unfortunately the restaurant we wanted to go to was closed and so we ended at the Biobar, another vegan restaurant.

Vienna

Vienna

Vienna

Dinner at Biobar

Dinner at Biobar

Hofburg Palace

Vienna City Hall

Since it was getting late, we returned to the hotel and watched some TV.

Tuesday 1 October 2013

Vienna Fall 2013 - Part 2

Vienna

Sunday - September 29th 2013

After we got up, we packed our belongings and then it was time for breakfast. The buffet offered all kinds of rolls, coffee, tea, cheese, cereals, yoghurt, eggs, juice, jam, butter and many other breakfast items. Later we checked out, loaded the car and took the tram back to the inner city.

Breakfast Room

Breakfast Room

Breakfast Buffet

Breakfast

Although it wasn't very warm, we had try another vegan ice cream bar and it was as good as the one yesterday. Afterwards we stopped at Starbucks for a hot cup of coffee to get warm again and then we returned to the hotel to get the car.

Parliament

Vienna

St. Stephan's Cathedral

St. Stephan's Cathedral

St. Stephan's Cathedral

Ice Cream at Eis-Greissler

On our way back to Salzburg we had a late lunch at Restaurant Schillinger. Around 6:00pm we finally arrived at home.