Travel 2006 – Vienna, Day 4

Monday, 4th December 2006 – Vienna, Day 4 This was really only a fragment of a day as we spent most of it coming back home. I packed before breakfast, then wandered down to Julius Meinl Am Graben, with intent to lay hands on several bottles of wine, some vanilla sugar, and some Pfanni dumpling…

Travel 2006 – Vienna, Day 3

Sunday, 3rd December 2006 – Vienna, Day 3 Sunday was slightly less frenetic than Saturday had been. Again we started with a superb breakfast in the hotel, then took a slow wander along to the Hofburg. It was a chilly day, but we wandered round the outside for a while, and along the Ringstrasse before…

Travel 2006 – Vienna, Day 2

Saturday, 2nd December 2006 – Vienna, Day 2 Saturday got off to a good start (though everyone was a bit sleepy). Breakfast proved to be excellent, with some superb bread and rolls in all shapes, sizes and textures, and hams, cheeses, spreads, jams and things to go with them. There was plenty of fresh fruit,…

Travel 2006 – Vienna, Day 1

Friday, 1st December 2006 – Vienna, Day 1 Friday we were up at some absurd time to haul ourselves to the airport. We picked Steffie up at 6 am and had an easy drive to Heathrow, parking in the Short Stay Car Park which is right next to Terminal 4 (this was a damn good…