Vienna Stories


Eastern Europe - April.

I realize it has been two months since my trip to Eastern Europe, but I thought I should keep this updated. In April, my class at the LSE took a two week trip to Eastern Europe. The class size in attendance was around 18 (minus and plus a few along the way). We started in Prague (Czech Republic) for three days, went to Vienna (Austria) where we spent th...


Austria and Hungary

Our stay with Couchsurfers Sonja and Andre turned out to be a very rewarding one. We made instant friends with this couple, which made our time in Vienna even more enjoyable. They live close to the centre of the city, so getting there was interesting. Because of parking restrictions, we could not leave the car in front of their place. Unfortunately...


Relaxing in Vienna

Wow, haven't written here for so long. Maybe I was 16 or something when I wrote here? Gee now you know how old I am :P. Anyway, I´ve just been chilling out in Vienna. Its nice weather, walked about Schloss Schönbrun. And just nice to hang around in my friends house, eating dinner. Nice fresh spagetti with homemade tomato and basil sauce and a sal...


SLOVENIA SIDE TRIPS: AUSTRIA-PART TWO

Excerpted from my book OUR SUMMER IN SLOVENIA: Amazon.com Our second day in Vienna was set aside for museums. Vienna has a wide variety of museums, with the best collection of sessionist art, including Gustav Klimt evoking a sexual decadence shocking in the later stages of Victorian Europe. Elysee and I decided we were "museumed out" and chose instea...