So I've made it my mission to finish this series before I head out on my next adventure. Today I'm tying up Eurotrip 2012. In my last post, my brother and I had missed our bus back to Vienna (AU) and were hoping to get to Villach (AU) in time to catch the last train.
Well luck was in our favor this time. Once we got to Villach, we went straight to the train station to check the schedule of trains leaving for Vienna. Of course, we had already missed our scheduled train after missing our original bus from Venice, but there was an express train to Vienna leaving in five minutes. Our tickets were open first class tickets, so we could hop any train we wanted. Score!
After a couple hours of riding on the floor of that over-booked bus, those first class seats were amazing! Porters brought us food and drinks, and it was on that train that I got my first taste of Schnitzel - YUM! Put that together with some amazing potatoes and, of course, beer, and you've got an awesome end to a wild adventure to Italy. I made it to my hotel at about midnight, and was more than happy to do nothing more than drop my bags and fall into bed.
I had a couple more days in Vienna, so the next night I took my brother and one of his friends from school out for beer and sushi. What can I say... I love that stuff!
Then they took me to a local bar called the Kangaroo Pub where they had over 300 different types of beer I think. It was there that I found the beer in the picture to the right: Gordon's Finest Platinum - a 12% ALC/vol beer! It was pretty cool. The whole place was made of distressed wood and lit by a candle on each table. Atmosphere off the charts!
My last night in Vienna I went with my brother to a little restaurant on the University campus. I swear they had the best potato soup I've ever had. He also introduced me to Riesling - an amazing white wine made from grapes grown in the Rhine region of Germany. Loved it! After dinner my brother gave me a mini tour of the University and we meandered in the general direction of my hotel.
As my brother and I sat in the same pub that we visited when I first arrived, drinking Stiegl and philosophizing as only people do when they've had a few, a man selling roses walked in and asked my brother if he would like to buy a rose. I was waving the guy off telling him "No, thank you", but my brother stopped him and bough me one! Since he never reads my blog, I feel its safe to reveal this: my brother is a sweetheart! :)
So what started with a red rose in Germany ended with a yellow rose in Austria. All in all, an amazing end to an amazing adventure! Thanks for reading!
Well luck was in our favor this time. Once we got to Villach, we went straight to the train station to check the schedule of trains leaving for Vienna. Of course, we had already missed our scheduled train after missing our original bus from Venice, but there was an express train to Vienna leaving in five minutes. Our tickets were open first class tickets, so we could hop any train we wanted. Score!
After a couple hours of riding on the floor of that over-booked bus, those first class seats were amazing! Porters brought us food and drinks, and it was on that train that I got my first taste of Schnitzel - YUM! Put that together with some amazing potatoes and, of course, beer, and you've got an awesome end to a wild adventure to Italy. I made it to my hotel at about midnight, and was more than happy to do nothing more than drop my bags and fall into bed.
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| Gordon's Finest Platinum at the Kangaroo Pub |
Then they took me to a local bar called the Kangaroo Pub where they had over 300 different types of beer I think. It was there that I found the beer in the picture to the right: Gordon's Finest Platinum - a 12% ALC/vol beer! It was pretty cool. The whole place was made of distressed wood and lit by a candle on each table. Atmosphere off the charts!
My last night in Vienna I went with my brother to a little restaurant on the University campus. I swear they had the best potato soup I've ever had. He also introduced me to Riesling - an amazing white wine made from grapes grown in the Rhine region of Germany. Loved it! After dinner my brother gave me a mini tour of the University and we meandered in the general direction of my hotel.
As my brother and I sat in the same pub that we visited when I first arrived, drinking Stiegl and philosophizing as only people do when they've had a few, a man selling roses walked in and asked my brother if he would like to buy a rose. I was waving the guy off telling him "No, thank you", but my brother stopped him and bough me one! Since he never reads my blog, I feel its safe to reveal this: my brother is a sweetheart! :)
So what started with a red rose in Germany ended with a yellow rose in Austria. All in all, an amazing end to an amazing adventure! Thanks for reading!
