Right that's enough of that. let's get on with the fun stuff. Moving to Vienna is still happening, plans are in motion to pick up the slack and this week we had to pop to everyone's favourite Swedish superstore to pick up our third tub, packed ready for moving. However, the big news this month has been that we've been in Vienna. From the 7th to the 14th of May, we were in Vienna for work. We picked a new place to stay as we needed a 2 bed room apartment for Lynda's mother. So just off of the Ring, and behind the Rathaus, We had a gorgeous apartment that was home for a week. Now I need to add a few pics :)
First up, A return to one of Vienna, Cafe Central. It was Lynda's birthday on the Sunday so we headed out to Cafe Central for indulge in a typically Viennese dessert.
It had been a long weekend for me, so the Chocolate was needed.
Lynda and her Mother, relaxing whist we wait for...
The Kaiserschmarrn or Shredded pancake with plum sauce or jam. It Was DEADLY. Meant to share, Lynda and I tucked in to the heavy pancakes. Seriously, there must have been 6 eggs in there. There was so much that Lynda took it back to the apartment and finished it for breakfast.
Whist Food is an important part of the Austrian lifestyle, days out give a chance to explore. A cruise on the Danube is a very 'Touristy' thing to do, but Lynda's mother had only visited Vienna once and some how, during the whole trip, we missed almost every single thing to do in Vienna, including the Danube river. We only found Mariahilferstasse by accident. So onto the river we ventured.
Drink in hand and the Danube for a backdrop, who could ask for anything more.
After 3 and a half hours though, the three of us were so relaxed, we were virtually in a coma.
Shopping is certainly something I go in for, and it wasn't long until I hit up a Saturn Store. See.
I'm only slightly ogling those motherboards, honest.
Finally though, and something that really drove home why we want to move, we went out for a stroll on Friday night and wandered across the road to the Rathaus. We were met by a young blonde girl handing out disposable rain poncho. Clearly, something was going on. Rounding the corner, We met a huge crowd stood around a stage set up in front of the Rathaus. There was a free concert happening. It was being Televised across Austria and Europe. The Concert was called, 'Europe Sings' and as the rain began to fall in the park, I melted away to the sound of live classical music from the stage.
That one evening cemented Vienna in our hearts. From there we wandered up the Ring, Met a bicycle race along the way and ended up in Cafe Schwarzenberg before heading back to the apartment.
so that's how we spent part of May. We saw lots of other things, A great show at the English Theatre, The Zoo at Schonbrunn and Lynda and her mother even visited Mayerling whist I was working up in Uno city. I'm already missing Vienna and it'll be Christmas before we're back again. Summer we'll be off to Japan, But I'll be thinking about Vienna.
