Vienna via Bratislava

Shortly after the wedding I managed to take a few more days off work and spend a few days on holiday with my flatmate Fiona. We took a rather special Ryanair flight to that well-known central European airport, Vienna-Bratislava! We spent a night and the following morning enjoying the sights of Bratislava though this didn't really take all that long. Visually it's a gorgeous city but the sights only took a morning to tick off. In truth, we were both itching to get to Vienna anyway. In a break from the norm of travelling by bus or train to Vienna, Fiona and I took a boat along the Danube from Bratislava to the centre of Vienna. The sun was shining the whole day and it was a really nice journey.

There was lots to do in Vienna when we got there, even a city marathon if we felt so inclined! We managed to get some tickets to the opera, Der Rosenkavalier, to see Klimt's The Kiss, to visit a cafe Hitler once preached in, to eat lots of strudel and Sachertorte and drink the local ale. All in all Vienna made a really good impression on me. It is a city that has a lot going on and the atmosphere is really appealing - it's definitely somewhere Id like to return to, if for no other reason than to speak more German.