Day 10 - Vienna

6 Mar 2010

Before boarding our morning train to Vienna, we took a stroll around Budapest and visited the Parliament grounds as well as some monuments preserved as remembrance of the Soviet occupation.

Parliament

View of Danube from Parliament

Scene around Liberty Square

Szabadság ter - Soviet War Memorial

Shopping district in Budapest

There were regular trains to Vienna and we need not make a reservation. The journey from Budapest to Vienna took about 3 hours. Below are some shots we took from our train on the way to Vienna.

Train to Vienna (Wien)

Wind turbines

We arrived at Wien-Miedling station (temporary station for Wien-Sudbanhof) around 2pm. The station, though temporary was fully functional, just like any other train station. We took a taxi from the station to our hotel, Adagio Wien Central at a cost of about EUR17.00.

Later, we found out that stopping at the Westbanhof station was better as it was more established and have more facilities.

Our hotel the Adagio Wien (service apartment rather) is in a very good location (near Schwendenplatz) and came with a fully equipped kitchenette, dishwasher and fridge. After check-in, we walked towards Stephansplatz, which was about 12 minutes walk from our apartment.

We paid a visit to St Stephan's Cathedral (pictures below) and thereafter went for a stroll along Stephensplatz, Kohlmark, Graben and surrounding areas. The snow showed no signs of stopping. We also managed to get some groceries from a local supermarket. Here are some sights around Stephansplatz.

Hofburg Palace (main entrance)

Night view along Graben (near Stephansplatz)

Cathedral of St Stephan (inside)

We had our dinner at Mr Lee, a simple Chinese take-out restaurant (picture below).

Mr Lee - Chinese takeout restaurant along Schwendenplatz