Vienna was awesome! We left Wednesday afternoon and got to Bratislava Airport (which is actually in Slovakia! we found that out when we got back...how crazy is that?) late that night. We made it to our hostel about 1 minute before check-in closed, so we were very glad about that. Thursday we spent exploring Vienna. We went to Stephansplatz, one of the main squares of the city, where a huge cathedral - Stephansdom - is. It is so big and beautiful and tall! We ate lunch at this really cool Austrian restaurant and Katie and I shared the "farmer's feast" (i forget what it was called in German) that included 2 kinds of pork, weinershnitzel, a huge dumpling, potatoes and real, awesome s
aurkraut! I love that stuff! it was awesome. We were there for a couple hours probably, because Europeans apparently eat very slow. After that, Daley, Casey and I went shopping around for a while and found lots of cute shops and parks (where the mozart memorial is with the treble clef flowers). We also found a big piano shop with lots and lots of beautiful grand pianos and we went in and they let me play for a while and it was SO wonderful! I could have stayed there for hours! We all met up for dinner and Grant took us to this place that he had been before out in Oberlaa (a 'suburb' of Vienna) and we had a late, light dinner
(lunch kept us full for a long time!) I ordered "frittaten suppe!" (say it. it's fun i promise) which is basically just noodle soup only the noodles are more like bread. Friday, we caught a train to Durnstein, which is a little town about an hour from Vienna. It was so beautiful! Durnstein is right on the Danube River in the foothills of the Alps! This was probably my favorite part of the trip! There were such cute little houses all up and down the hills, and at the top of the city were the ruins of a castle. Of course, we had to climb up to the castle to see what it was all about. It started out good, but after the f
irst thousand steps, I was beginning to get pretty tired. I definitely got my cardio workout for that day. It probably took us about 30 minutes to get up there climbing the steep, centuries-old steps, but when we finally got to the top it was So worth it! The view was awesome! We could see other villages all down the Danube and it was just awesome. The castle itself was pretty great too - we saw (and walked around in) the prison where King Richard the Lionhearted was held prisoner during the crusades hundreds of years ago! it was so neat to just be able to walk around and climb the walls of a castle with such an incredible history. We climbed to the very top of the castle and had a picnic lunch there - it was
a perfect location. Despite the weather forecast, the sky was clear and blue and the sun was shining! We went back down the hill/mountain after lunch (much easier than going up) and went into a cafe in the town and had some yummy Austrian coffee, and then headed back to Vienna. That night we decided to walk around the town and see all the cool buildings that were lit up. I wish I could have learned all the names of all the different buildings we saw, but I think that might be impossible. Just know that they were beautiful! We went over to one building that looked like an oversized Cinderella's castle and there was a big festival of sorts going on. There was an ice-skating rink and loud music (we did the ma
carena in the middle at one point...people stared but we had fun!) We walked around for a little while longer and then went to bed. Saturday morning, we slept in for a while and then went to Rosenberger's restaurant where everyone got these huge, loaded waffles! They were the most amazing thing I had ever seen. I didn't get one because I was holding out for a bratwurst for lunch, but the waffles were so big that the boys couldnt even finish so we helped them out a little! haha. Then I went and got a "hot dog", but in Austria that means something much different and much better than in the states. A hot dog in Vienna means you get a baguette with a long hole down the middle and a real bratwurst sausage and spicy brown mustard inside! It was the most amazing thing ever. I loved it! I think i would eat very well if I lived there! We also found this gelateria where we could get lots of cheap gelato -
we visited it a few times while we were in Vienna! Saturday afternoon, we went to the world's larges flea market (at least the biggest I've ever seen!) while some people toured Parliament. This flea market was just like a huge garage sale. I've never seen so much stuff! It took us quite a while to get through the whole thing, so then we went and met up with everyone at the bus station and it was time to go home. It was an awesome trip and I'm so glad we went! We had so much fun together - there were many times when no one could talk because we were all just laughing so hard! Those moments are always fun! Well, Momma will be here tomorrow morning and our next stop is Ireland! We'll be leaving Wednesday for Dublin (for St. Patrick's day!) so I'll update when we get back!
Vienna was awesome! We left Wednesday afternoon and got to Bratislava Airport (which is actually in Slovakia! we found that out when we got back...how crazy is that?) late that night. We made it to our hostel about 1 minute before check-in closed, so we were very glad about that. Thursday we spent exploring Vienna. We went to Stephansplatz, one of the main squares of the city, where a huge cathedral - Stephansdom - is. It is so big and beautiful and tall! We ate lunch at this really cool Austrian restaurant and Katie and I shared the "farmer's feast" (i forget what it was called in German) that included 2 kinds of pork, weinershnitzel, a huge dumpling, potatoes and real, awesome s
aurkraut! I love that stuff! it was awesome. We were there for a couple hours probably, because Europeans apparently eat very slow. After that, Daley, Casey and I went shopping around for a while and found lots of cute shops and parks (where the mozart memorial is with the treble clef flowers). We also found a big piano shop with lots and lots of beautiful grand pianos and we went in and they let me play for a while and it was SO wonderful! I could have stayed there for hours! We all met up for dinner and Grant took us to this place that he had been before out in Oberlaa (a 'suburb' of Vienna) and we had a late, light dinner 
(lunch kept us full for a long time!) I ordered "frittaten suppe!" (say it. it's fun i promise) which is basically just noodle soup only the noodles are more like bread. Friday, we caught a train to Durnstein, which is a little town about an hour from Vienna. It was so beautiful! Durnstein is right on the Danube River in the foothills of the Alps! This was probably my favorite part of the trip! There were such cute little houses all up and down the hills, and at the top of the city were the ruins of a castle. Of course, we had to climb up to the castle to see what it was all about. It started out good, but after the f
irst thousand steps, I was beginning to get pretty tired. I definitely got my cardio workout for that day. It probably took us about 30 minutes to get up there climbing the steep, centuries-old steps, but when we finally got to the top it was So worth it! The view was awesome! We could see other villages all down the Danube and it was just awesome. The castle itself was pretty great too - we saw (and walked around in) the prison where King Richard the Lionhearted was held prisoner during the crusades hundreds of years ago! it was so neat to just be able to walk around and climb the walls of a castle with such an incredible history. We climbed to the very top of the castle and had a picnic lunch there - it was
a perfect location. Despite the weather forecast, the sky was clear and blue and the sun was shining! We went back down the hill/mountain after lunch (much easier than going up) and went into a cafe in the town and had some yummy Austrian coffee, and then headed back to Vienna. That night we decided to walk around the town and see all the cool buildings that were lit up. I wish I could have learned all the names of all the different buildings we saw, but I think that might be impossible. Just know that they were beautiful! We went over to one building that looked like an oversized Cinderella's castle and there was a big festival of sorts going on. There was an ice-skating rink and loud music (we did the ma
carena in the middle at one point...people stared but we had fun!) We walked around for a little while longer and then went to bed. Saturday morning, we slept in for a while and then went to Rosenberger's restaurant where everyone got these huge, loaded waffles! They were the most amazing thing I had ever seen. I didn't get one because I was holding out for a bratwurst for lunch, but the waffles were so big that the boys couldnt even finish so we helped them out a little! haha. Then I went and got a "hot dog", but in Austria that means something much different and much better than in the states. A hot dog in Vienna means you get a baguette with a long hole down the middle and a real bratwurst sausage and spicy brown mustard inside! It was the most amazing thing ever. I loved it! I think i would eat very well if I lived there! We also found this gelateria where we could get lots of cheap gelato - 
we visited it a few times while we were in Vienna! Saturday afternoon, we went to the world's larges flea market (at least the biggest I've ever seen!) while some people toured Parliament. This flea market was just like a huge garage sale. I've never seen so much stuff! It took us quite a while to get through the whole thing, so then we went and met up with everyone at the bus station and it was time to go home. It was an awesome trip and I'm so glad we went! We had so much fun together - there were many times when no one could talk because we were all just laughing so hard! Those moments are always fun! Well, Momma will be here tomorrow morning and our next stop is Ireland! We'll be leaving Wednesday for Dublin (for St. Patrick's day!) so I'll update when we get back!
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