Vienna: The Sights!

For Vienna we were extremely lucky, we had our own personal tour guide!

Ashley has a "cousin" ( her great grandpa's brother's side of the family. basically what I have in Germany and Hungary)

here that helped to show us around! Nina was so much fun and I'm so bummed we didn't get a picture with her!

But we did get the all-star vienna tour. Nina picked us up at our hostel on Sunday and we headed to the city center. It was a bit drizzly and cold, but that didn't stop us!

The Parliament building

We saw where they kept the Spanish Riding Horses. It was actually a little sad to see them all penned up like that...

Part of the Palace

Mozart and Goethe

We then ate at the best place to eat. Oh my goodness. It was a pancake place that was delish! So many options, and strangely enough I went for the Veal Goulash with spaetzle in a paprika cream sauce...

oh....my... word..

this is all that was left.

The next day (today) we made our way to eat some lunch with Nina and then out to Schonnbrunn

Nothing like a walk in the rain :)

The Gloriette

Unfortunately there couldn't be any pictures on the inside. Which I was super bummed about, I have an odd fascination with the Habsburg family and loved looking around the summer palace. so cool!

We then met up for dinner with our friend Andrew!

We met Andrew in Prague and hung out and he just happened to be heading to Vienna after us!

So we got to hang out one more time!

He's such a fun guy and has some fabulous stories about travel and life in South Africa.

We're on to Salzburg tomorrow!!

Sound of Music here we come :)

Vienna: The Hostel

The name of our hostel in Vienna is 'Believe it or not.." and truthfully it rings true.

This is the sight we walked up too yesterday.

I'm pretty sure at this point all of us were trying to figure out where the nearest Internet Cafe was so we could find other accommodations. It was BEYOND sketchy.

And then we walked into this...

A cute, posh, little apartment. Basically... I want to move in tomorrow.

This is the fun living room! I'm in love with the couch cushions. All of the cushions are held up with belts! Sooooo cute!

This is our room, there are two beds on either side of the double doors, and then a little loft with two beds too! It had a mini shower and sink tucked away in the corner as well.

Ashley's and my tree house :)

Jon relaxing after a day of travel!

One of the bathrooms

I'm officially in LOVE with the kitchen. Sorry for the blurry pic I was to excited to take photos to stay still :)

These little bins ran under the high cupboards... such a fun idea!

They keep noodles, tea bags, coffee, and hot coca mix in these babies!

And to end with, how adorable are these little cupboard knobs!?

I'm in love :)

Vienna has been fantastic thus far, I can't believe we leave tomorrow!!

I'll post up the sights we saw later in the day!

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