i made some really ambitious plans to visit vienna and budapest in the same weekend -- one action-packed day in each. little did i know that vienna would become my answer to that previously unanswerable question: what's been your favorite city so far?
it was a bunch of little things. it's very clean like zurich, but has more to do. i loved the first cafe i ended up in, even if i decided after two tries that i'm not a sachertorte fan. huge grand buildings, in good condition and with solid tourist infrastructure. i lucked out by being there on the one night a year the museums stay open until 1 am. there was a traveling exhibit from the orsay including a lot of the works that were missing when we were in paris. i kept thinking, "I FOUND THEM!!!" i was so excited to be able to see them! $2.50 standing room opera tickets appealed to my frugal side, even if i decided after two shows that i'm only a shallow opera fan (frivolously amusing plots only, please). i heard (but did not see) the choir boys sing mass. and i got a dose of history at a fantastic exhibit on austria since world war i. it made me want to bust out the european history books again. i just loved it!
if you haven't figured it out yet, i didn't make it to budapest. ah well, next time! (and i'll have to take a train that doesn't go through vienna.)
i made some really ambitious plans to visit vienna and budapest in the same weekend -- one action-packed day in each. little did i know that vienna would become my answer to that previously unanswerable question: what's been your favorite city so far?
it was a bunch of little things. it's very clean like zurich, but has more to do. i loved the first cafe i ended up in, even if i decided after two tries that i'm not a sachertorte fan. huge grand buildings, in good condition and with solid tourist infrastructure. i lucked out by being there on the one night a year the museums stay open until 1 am. there was a traveling exhibit from the orsay including a lot of the works that were missing when we were in paris. i kept thinking, "I FOUND THEM!!!" i was so excited to be able to see them! $2.50 standing room opera tickets appealed to my frugal side, even if i decided after two shows that i'm only a shallow opera fan (frivolously amusing plots only, please). i heard (but did not see) the choir boys sing mass. and i got a dose of history at a fantastic exhibit on austria since world war i. it made me want to bust out the european history books again. i just loved it!
if you haven't figured it out yet, i didn't make it to budapest. ah well, next time! (and i'll have to take a train that doesn't go through vienna.)
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We also had the sachertorte at Hotel Sacher, and concur: not a fan.
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