Vienna!

I remember waking up to a cold morning that day. It was really cold when we got off the bus to see the Hundertwasserhaus- a block of residential flats designed and decorated by Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

Note the similarities between Hundertwasser's work and Gaudi's buildings in Barcelona

We strolled through the Hofburg and the Museums Quartier, ending our city tour at St Stephen's Cathedral. Vienna is a lovely city of art, history and music. If you're a museum and/or music lover, you will definitely like it here.

After the city tour ended, we walked down Karntner Strasse and stumbled upon the cafe of the famous Hotel Sacher, where the Sachertorte originated. We decided that we just had to try the Sachertorte, so we bought a small one to share. It was delicious!

A small Sachertorte at 2.70 euros

We saw the Opera House and the Albertina, and then made our way to the lovely Stadtpark where the golden statue of Johann Strauss could be found. We took another long walk to Karlsplatz; it was a really tiring day indeed! Plus, it got rather warm in the afternoon, so it was a tad uncomfortable to be doing all that walking.

We were excited about spending an evening at a Heurigen (wine tavern) in the Viennese Woods- with the promise of a nice dinner, 'new' wine, as well as musicians to entertain us. Getting to the wine village was an adventure; our tour driver and director had some problems with the GPS (amongst other things) and so it was quite late when we finally got to the restaurant. We were starving, but it all turned out well in the end. We had a few good laughs, a lot of singing, and of course, a LOT of wine! :)