14 October 2018
11:04 p.m.
Vienna AirBnB (near Schonbrunn Palace)
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| St. Stephen's Cathedral is still a sight to behold |
The days are starting to bleed into each other that I hardly remember what happened yesterday, let alone two days ago. After Salzburg, we caught a train to Vienna, but there was some kind of mishap and we got stuck in the station in Linz for about an hour. Eventually we made it to our place here in the Austrian capital. It's the nicest so far.
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| The lighting at the Vienna Opera House is stunning |
We did the touristy things today: Schonbrunn Palace (just one train stop away from our place) and a walk in the city center, which included stops in the Albertina, Stephansplatz, the Opera House and the shopping district.
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| Some of us walked around the evening we arrived in the city. We had coffee at a place right in front of the Albertina |
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| Scratching my forehead in front of Palace Schonbrunn |
Some of the guys didn't like the walking tour we booked and chose to hang back and just take pictures of the interesting sights. An old friend who lives here--Charmaine--was kind enough to meet me for lunch and she got to meet some of my friends.
Under an unusually strong mid-October sun, we had coffee and
apfel strudel at a cafe just across the Albertina while horse-drawn carriages and an endless parade of tourists whizzed past.
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| Coffee with Charmaine (right) was a blast. We taught her some updated Pinoy slang. Enebenemenyen! |
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| I was thrilled to see this little cafe again, where Jesse and Celine stopped in the movie Before Sunrise |
In the evening, a new friend--Jonie--very kindly invited us to dinner at her house at the edge of the city. This day reminded me why I love Vienna so much.
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| Posing in front of Schönbrunn Palace |
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