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Day 6: Aug 11, 2009 / Vienna, Austria
Our bus was scheduled to leave at 8 AM to Vienna via Euro Lines so we woke up early on our last day in Prague. We were up at 6 AM as we still need to prepare our things. We left the house at 6:50 AM and Geri took us to the bus station. She called the cab company the night before so our cab was waiting for us outside Joanne’s house when we went down. We reached the bus station around 7:10 AM and we just stayed inside the bus station while waiting for our bus. The bus station has free wifi access so I was able to check my email and log in to Twitter.
We said our goodbyes and thank you to Geri and we board the bus at 7:30 AM. The bus left on time and we arrived in Vienna around 12 nn. We just bought a single journey ticket first for the metro and we took the metro and tram going to the hotel. I emailed the hotel before we left to ask for travel directions via public transportation so we were able to reach the hotel with no problem.
The hotel that I booked (Hotel in Hernals), was big but it is a little old (I will just post a separate hotel review of this hotel) and it is a bit far from downtown although it is just walking distance to the tram station. After checking in, we had lunch at the Chinese restaurant just below the hotel.
After having lunch at 2 PM, we walk to the nearest metro station (around 5-6 blocks from our hotel). We only bought a single journey ticket and we did not realize that they don’t sell metro tickets at the nearest tram station from our hotel and so we have to walk to the nearest metro station. Since we will be in Vienna for four days, we bought a week pass.
We went downtown (Stephenplatz station) and we visited St. Stephen’s Church and St. Peter’s Church. I saw that Zara was on sale and went shopping for clothes for Bela there. We also tried their gelato in one of the stores in the town square in Stephenplatz.
By 7 PM, hubby was still in the mood to go around as the sun is still up but I was already so tired after that long day so we decided to just go back to our hotel and call it a day.
You can view more pictures here.
We said our goodbyes and thank you to Geri and we board the bus at 7:30 AM. The bus left on time and we arrived in Vienna around 12 nn. We just bought a single journey ticket first for the metro and we took the metro and tram going to the hotel. I emailed the hotel before we left to ask for travel directions via public transportation so we were able to reach the hotel with no problem.
The hotel that I booked (Hotel in Hernals), was big but it is a little old (I will just post a separate hotel review of this hotel) and it is a bit far from downtown although it is just walking distance to the tram station. After checking in, we had lunch at the Chinese restaurant just below the hotel.
After having lunch at 2 PM, we walk to the nearest metro station (around 5-6 blocks from our hotel). We only bought a single journey ticket and we did not realize that they don’t sell metro tickets at the nearest tram station from our hotel and so we have to walk to the nearest metro station. Since we will be in Vienna for four days, we bought a week pass.
We went downtown (Stephenplatz station) and we visited St. Stephen’s Church and St. Peter’s Church. I saw that Zara was on sale and went shopping for clothes for Bela there. We also tried their gelato in one of the stores in the town square in Stephenplatz.
By 7 PM, hubby was still in the mood to go around as the sun is still up but I was already so tired after that long day so we decided to just go back to our hotel and call it a day.You can view more pictures here.
