Traveling: Vienna

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Friday, 18 July 2025

Vienna Spring 2025 - Part 1

Vienna

Friday - June 20th 2025

After we returned from our bike tour, we still had a couple of days left of our holiday and so we decided to spend the weekend in Austria's capital city. Along the way we stopped at McDonald's for a late breakfast and around noon we arrived at our hotel. We stayed at the Austria Trend Hotel Doppio, our prefered hotel in Vienna, becuase it's conveniently located near the highway and the inner city is just a short tram ride away. Once we checked in and dropped off our luggage in our room, we headed to Gleis//Garten, a food hall with its own brewery located in an old railway building. There we had late lunch and of course we had to try some beers from the local brewery.

Late Breakfast

Our Room

Gleis//Garten

Lunch

Gleis//Garten

In the afternoon we spent some time shopping at Kärntner Strasse in the inner city. For dinner we had a reservation at a vegetarian Vietnamese restaurant, but first we enjoyed a couple of drinks at Sky Bar overlooking St. Stephan's Cathedral. Then it was time for our reservation and we were on our way to Vevi Restaurant. We ate there already last year and it was as delicious as we remembered. Afterwards we just strolled around Vienna and got ice cream before returning to the hotel.

Sky Bar

Dinner

Thursday, 17 July 2025

Vienna Spring 2025 - Part 2

Vienna

Saturday - June 21st 2025

Our second day started with breakfast at the hotel and then we took the tram into the city. Our first stop was Starbucks followed by Superfood Deli, where we got some iced coffees and smoothies to be prepared for a day of shopping at Mariahilfer Straße. For lunch we stopped at Xu's Cooking, a vegetarian Chinese buffet restaurant, before returning to the hotel to relax a bit, since it got pretty warm.

Starbucks

Mariahilfer Strasse

Smoothies

Xu's Cooking

In the afternoon we headed to Prater, one of the oldest amusement parks in the world. There a new rollercoaster had just opened and of course I had to try it. Wiener Lopping was a lot of fun, although it could have been a little bit longer. Then we just took a walk through the fun fair before taking the metro back into the inner city. There we tried an awful vegetarian burger at Hab's Burger, but luckily we stopped at the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner a couple of minutes later. We had a couple of drinks before ordering nachos to share. Later on the way back to the hotel we got ice cream and back in our rooms we called it a day and watched TV.

Wiener Looping

Vienna Prater

Hab's Burger

Hard Rock Cafe

Ice Cream

St. Stephen's Cathedral

Vienna State Opera

Vienna

Returning Home

Sunday - June 22nd 2025

Today we slept in and once we got up, we had breakfast. Then we checked out and hit the road towards Salzburg. Back home we had a quick lunch and enjoyed a quiet last day of our holiday.

Sunday, 6 October 2024

Vienna Fall 2024 - Part 1

Vienna

Friday - October 4th 2024

This weekend Claudia and I celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary and for that occasion we decided to spend the weekend in Vienna to see Andrew Lloyd Webber's famous musical "Phantom of the Opera". Friday after work we hit the road and drove to Vienna. Along the way we stopped at McDonalds for lunch and in the late afternoon we finally arrived in Vienna. We stayed at the Motel One Wien Westbahnhof and after we checked in, we stopped at Café Westend for drinks. For dinner we had a reservation at Vevi, a plant based Vietnamese restaurant. The rest of the evening we spent at the nearby shopping center until we headed back to the hotel.

Motel One Wien Westbahnhof

Café Westend

Dinner

Saturday, 5 October 2024

Vienna Fall 2024 - Part 2

Phantom Of The Opera

Saturday - October 4th 2024

Unfortunately breakfast was not a great experience since there were way too many people and so we left and headed to Starbucks for coffee. For today we planned to do some shopping, but we also did some sightseeing and even got to attend a free beer tasting. For lunch we stopped at Swing Kitchen for plant based burgers. In the afternoon we relaxed a bit until it was time for our highlight of the trip. The theatre was just a couple of minutes from the hotel and we arrived early to get some drinks before the musical started. Phantom of the Opera was amazing, probably the best musical we had seen so far. After the fantastic musical we had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe, where we shared nachos and had a couple of drinks before returning to the hotel.