The next stop on our adventure was Vienna – we got up at silly o’clock and caught the very nice and quiet train from Prague. We had a few little sleeps, and watched the beautiful scenery go by – mist, mountains, trees, the sweetest little houses, and lots of sunflower and pumpkin fields.

We found our hostel and dropped our bags off before heading out to explore the surrounding area. I was so tired that I nearly had a breakdown trying to find somewhere good and inexpensive for lunch – in the end we plumped for an Italian place which was actually really nice.

It was finally late enough for check-in, so we headed back to the hostel for a shower and a doze, then bought some picnic bits from the shop next door. The lady on the front desk told us about a festival nearby called Buskers, so we headed there.

We saw some really fun stuff, all set out in front of a beautiful white building with bits of turquoise and gold. There were huge puppets and all sorts, which scared me a little bit…

After that we just wandered around, looking at all the huge, grand buildings. To be honest, I couldn’t connect to the city – it all seemed a bit soulless and far too fancy for me. We headed back for a little drink at the hostel and grabbed an early night, ready for another journey the next day.

My highlights of Vienna

• getting to use a bit of German
• Buskers festival

What I’d do differently if I visited Vienna again

• be more confident with talking to people
• go to the butterfly house, or Schmetterlinghaus in German 🙂

This trip was part of a 2 week adventure through Eastern Europe. We also visited Prague, Bratislava, Budapest, Plitvice Lakes National Park, and the Croatian coast – click the links to read those blog posts 🙂