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Getting Lost in a Viennese Maze

August 3, 2009
Schloss Schonbrunn Palace Irrgarten Maze

Schonbrunn Palace Irrgarten (Maze) After lunch at Gloriette, we proceeded straight to the Irrgarten and Labyrinth.  This is an absolutely must-go especially for those with kids – they will love it here; besides the maze, there are other mind-boggling life-sized puzzles for them to play with. This is our first experience with such a big [...]

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Lunch at Cafe Gloriette – Beef Goulash with Dumpling and Sausage

July 31, 2009
Schloss Schonbrunn Palace Cafe Gloriette

Cafe Gloriette @ Vienna Schönbrunn Palace Cafe Gloriette occupies the Gloriette, a neo-classical construction high on a hill behind Schloss Schonbrunn.  The Gloriette has one of the best views in all of Vienna.  See pictures below for the classy Gloriette exterior. After a steep climb uphill, we were very hungry and ordered: Herrengulasch mit Knodel, [...]

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Grand Tour of Vienna’s Schonbrunn Palace

July 31, 2009
Schloss Schonbrunn Palace

Vienna Schönbrunn Palace The Schloss Schonbrunn is a royal residence in Vienna.  It had served as one of the major tourist attractions and cultural monuments in Vienna.  The palace and gardens illustrate the tastes, interests, and aspirations of successive Hapsburg monarchs.  The name Schönbrunn means “beautiful well”, comes from an artesian well (groundwater flow upward [...]

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Vienna Wombat’s The Lounge Hostel Review

July 30, 2009
Wombat's Hostel The Lounge Vienna

Vienna Wombat’s the Lounge Hostel Wombat’s is the choice for most backpackers in Vienna. The interior is a rainbow of pastel colours which immediately liven up the reception, bar, corridors and rooms. We stayed there for 2 nights in a 4-bed ensuite room.  The environment in the hostel was friendly and at the same time [...]

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Orangeways Bus from Budapest to Vienna

July 30, 2009
Orangeways Bus

Our Orangeway Bus to Vienna departs at 7am from Budapest.  That means we have to take a cab from our apartment to a stadium near Nepliget metro station at abt 6.30am.  How to hail a cab so early in the morning especially with at such an isolated part of Budapest?  Definitely my experience of being [...]

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