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elysesewell

comment solicitation (written in haste!)

Jun 15, 2009 09:02

Vienna was not really part of the plan, but I ended up here on a layover, awaiting a train to Budapest tomorrow morning. Arrived after midnight and just got back from a long walk around: maybe my blood is just boiling from all the sugar I've eaten (literally had naught else today but 1.33 apples and a bu-uu-nch of candy), maybe it's the random ( Read more... )

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anonymous June 15 2009, 08:21:47 UTC

The Hundertwasserhaus in the 3. Bezirk is really cool. If you've got a free evening, you could try to get a standing room ticket for the Staatsoper; tonight is Tchaikovsky Anna Karenina and it only costs 4 Euros. Standing tickets are all sold on the day, and people queue for 3-4 hours to get the best spot, but you might easily get one by turning up an hour before.

perchance June 15 2009, 08:25:29 UTC

Vienna and Budapest are lovely cities. <3

Vienna - I enjoyed the fabulous little sandwiches at Buffet Trzesniewski.

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st_rev June 15 2009, 08:40:12 UTC

I look at that picture and I hear "Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto! You're beautiful!" in my head.

st_rev June 15 2009, 10:32:17 UTC

poetry in motion
SCIENCE!

libiamo June 15 2009, 08:40:41 UTC

I really need to go back to Vienna sometime, if only to revisit the apartments of Princess Sissi. Such a fascinating and bizarre woman with an equally bizarre death.

Also great to do while there: there's a cinema that shows 'The Third Man' (film noir with Orson Welles if you haven't seen it) every week. The film is set in Vienna and you can go on a tour to see all the places it filmed, including the sewers under the streets.

weelisa June 15 2009, 13:15:58 UTC

Are you kidding me? That's amazing! That is my favourite film of all time - and to actually see it ~in~ Vienna - yowza.

Question: Is there anywhere in the city to hear zither music?

ext_96174 June 15 2009, 08:43:56 UTC

In Budapest, visit Central Market (Kozponti Vasarcsarnok) where you will every other stall seems to sell delectable strudels. They are filled with cherries, apples, cheese, and (my favorite) poppy seeds. And dusted with sugar. Also had some tasty sweet dumplings (at dinner). I have no idea what they were called. But, I do remember the taste.

sidekickrita June 15 2009, 15:20:35 UTC

this. indulge in any poppyseed-filled pastry in Budapest while you can!

aerialmelodies June 15 2009, 16:49:21 UTC

Thirding! It's AMAZING.