journey26.com » Austria http://journey26.com/blog Blog of my Round the World Journey Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:43:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Vienna, Austria http://journey26.com/blog/2009/10/11/vienna-austria-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vienna-austria-2 http://journey26.com/blog/2009/10/11/vienna-austria-2/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:25:34 +0000 journey26 http://journey26.com/blog/?p=1147 Took a morning train to Vienna at 8.05am (29 Euros, 6 hours, switched train at Maribor). I walked from Ayda place and the walk + run took me almost 40 mins, I almost missed the train by just a minute.

Train Station
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This was my second time to Vienna. Vienna is quite pretty with some very nice looking buildings and architecture. Vienna’s downtown area is a UNESCO world heritage site and has a population of 1.7 millions people. Vienna is very touristy and things are quite expensive here.

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Karlskirche (St.Charles Cathedral)
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Kärntner Straße (a shopping avenue)
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Stephansdom (Gothic style building)
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Walked around Vienna for around 4 hours with my backpack. This is the longest I have walked with full gear on.
Opera House
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Took an evening bus 7pm from Vienna to Bratislava (7.7 Euro).
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Vienna and Bratislava are the closest capital in the world, around 80 km apart. The bus (Slovakline) is cheaper than the train which cost 14 Euros and took 1.5 hours.

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Arrived at Bratislava and found my way to Patio Hostel. I remembered they advertised the price on the web for 8 Euros but walk in price is 15 Euros. The receptionist is quite nice to borrow me the internet to do a reservation before checking in.

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