After a mad rush and some lousy planning with the help of wikitravel, bern and I had decided to embarked on a getaway for the weekend! *which leads to us missing out on Bokhoven's lecture* We had decided to go to Austria Vienna and Prague in Czech with Kami! but she will meet us straight at Vienna.
After getting the tix for Click and rail and settling some admin stuff, we are off on a night train to Vienna from Zurich! haha.. the train was comfy and we had the whole cabin to ourselves tgt with a gentleman! =) did nutin much except to read lect notes IN ORDER to fall asleep.. ahah..
DAE 1 - ViENna
Finally morning came and we met up with Kami who came from germany!!! hey i bet you guys out there cant imagine the thrill and joy of linkin up with a friend somewhere out there in a foreign land.. As its still early, we hung ard the train station until the metro service started and off we are to hunt for our hostel. Its a recommendation from esther cow's fwen as he claimed that it was a cheap and beautiful place, just a little off the city thou..
After much huntin, taking bus, etc etc, we finally reach our hostel!
Lol.. dun be mistaken, this magnificent one is the hotel NEXT to our poor place..
Its actually pretty comfortable and had a nice view at a hilltop.. We met this ger from germany who is only 16!!!! and she has been touring on her own for months! dear oh dear.. But she is really fwenly and naive i wld say.. she leaves her ipod and keys and handphone ard the table when she bathed.. lucky we are all good folks.. She smokes alot too.. hmmmmm..
After dumping our stuff, we proceeded to our 1st destination! the Sissssssy museum! Sissy was an Austrian queen who enjoyed popularity due to her rise from a peasant to a queen in a fairy tale like love story!
in the metro..
Queen sissy!
Took pics ard the city while headin to the palace which sissy lived. Just a note, for guys who dislike museums, dont visit Vienna, cause the whole city is flooded with them and u may get pretty bored after a while.. Upon reachin the musuem, to our horror the entrance fee was pretty expensive, so we toured ard the palace for a while n headed to another palace, the Schonbrunn palace, which is nearby..
Toured the city along the way and lots of interestin sights!
magnificient church that resembles the one in Koln..
inside the church..
Gelato sighted!!! haha, pple go into frenzy.
looking at the world through a ice cream cone! hahaha..
Upon reaching the Schonbrunn, we were pretty hyped up! Coz it looks pretty from the outside and theres a legendary Apfel strufel making and tasting session which Esther proudly showed us her recipe! We have to wait thou, coz its a loooong queue on a hoooooot day..
The gloriette from afar~
Heres the apfel strufel event, oh man, its amazing to see how they soaked the whole freaking dough in OIL for an hour or more, i dun dare to eat alr la.. But nevertheless, i gave in and tasted the free sample piece, its was SUUUUUPER~ hahah.. they gave us a recipe at the end and offff we go to explore other attractions!
Darn, my bag was sighted..
I took this on the way!!! hahaha, pretty proud of my foto skills neh!
We decided to go for the maze first and make gloriette our last stop! the maze was pretty awesome! hahaha, when we conquered it and reach e tower in the middle, there was a couple still stuck in the maze shouting for help! hahah, *chuckle*
tryin to make OUR own way in the hedge of the maze. hahaha..
Went into the children corner and played there for awhile too! theres were interesting stuff that we nv came across before!
mirror maze!
Started to walk towards the gloriette! It was pretty nice in the evening..
Awwwww.... wad a nice fam time.. wheres the mom!!!!! mahjongin? ahhaa..
Breathtaking!
AFter some time of relaxing and chilling at the top of the observatory in gloriette, we went into town hoping to catch a cheap muscial at nite.. A must do in Vienna! but tooo bad.. we missed the laz one and decided to go back to our lovely hostel, ending our dae..
Some theater house..
Kami fascinated about the muscial toilet..
Dae 2
We departed earllllie in the morning to visit the famous cemetry of Austria which is rumoured to house more 'pple' dead than the ones living in the country now... Before that, we decided to visit the place of a famous architect, i tink is van gorh? His mansion design is supposed to be the talk among archi students and we engineers decided to widen our horizon..
Pretty houses along the way..
We got pretty lost and after hrs of walking, walking, and more walking, we reached.. We were left dumbfounded that we had came all the way to see this *toot* building.. Nevertheless, we found it compelling to take a pic with it..
Our forced smiles say everyting.. dun they? ahaha..
On our way back to the metro, we met this kind ah-pek who chatted with us and told us which cemetry we shld visit as there are PLENTY of them in Vienna.. After thanking him and parting ways, we marched on eagerly in hope that we will get to meet the music greats like mozart, schubert soon, albeit them lying 6 feet underground..
MOZART!
in the church at the ctr of the cemetry
A very pretty wreath in the shape of a heart.. awwww..
The jewish section of the cemetry..
I have tons of pics but i tink its not nice to post them here, as it may be creepy for some of u.. After some fun there, we picked up our luggages from our hostel and off we go to take a bus to prague! Vienna was kewl~
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