Overnight Trains and Vienna

Sorry for the long delay. I wasn't done with travelling so I went to Japan for two weeks (posts to come) where there isn't much internet access. At long last, here are the rest of the posts about my trip through Europe. After that, there will be a few posts about Japan and then a couple that I missed from Sweden. I've written all of the Europe posts. They will come out on Mondays and Thursdays until the end of September. I'm back at school now so I don't have a lot of time for anything else.

I took an overnight train from Venice to Vienna. The train left around 9 at night and got in the following morning at 8. This was my bed. I could not sit up. Normally, I'm a top bunk person; however, I'm really glad I got the bottom bunk. The bunks were three high so it was a long way up to the top bunk.

I was mainly going to Vienna to see a concert so I only spent one day touring the city. You could definitely spend more time. This is St. Stephen's Cathedral which has beautiful mosaics on the roof.

Seeing as I didn't have much time I mostly just walked around to each of the main sites in the city but didn't go into any. This is Amalienburg, part of Hofburg Palace. It has an astronomical clock on the outside.

The Austrian Parliament with a statue of Athena.

In the evening I went to a concert which was a mix of classical music (mostly Strauss and Mozart), opera, and ballet. It was excellent. One thing to keep in mind about visiting Vienna, especially if you are interested in classical music. During the summer (July and August) all of the main orchestras go on vacation and the concerts are aimed at tourists (generally shorter and often a mix of styles). This does not mean that they are bad concerts; however, if you want to see something like the State Opera, you will need to go during the year.

Next up is Prague.