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A Day In Vienna

Saturday, October 8, 2016


(EN) Vienna is such a great city to visit even if you happen to have only one day to stay there. From Budapest it's easy to go to Vienna by train. There're several trains a day from early morning to late night almost on every hour. The journey takes about 2,5 hours depending on the train.

One of my favourite places in Vienna is Volksgarten with roses. There're around 400 different roses in every colour and the scent there is simply gorgeous. This garden is located beside Hofburg building and easy to find as it's in the centre of Vienna. The garden was made in 1821 as a private garden but in 1825 it was open as the first public garden for Viennase citizens. Since that the garden is known as Volksgarten (public garden). 

If you have time just for one museum, go & visit Albertina (Albertinaplatz 1). There are permanent collections including graphic art, photographic and architectural collections as well as changing exhibitions

When you're hungry and want real Viennase food, go to Cafe Central (Herrengasse 14) and order their Wiener Schnitzel - with that you can't go wrong!You might need to queue a bit during the lunch time but it's worth it. This 140 years old restaurant looks beautiful inside and the service is wonderful.







(FI) Wien on aina yhtä ihana paikka vierailla myös silloin kun aikaa on vain yksi päivä. Budapestista pääsee Wieniin kätevästi junalla, joita menee useampi päivässä lähes tunnin välein aamuvarhaisesta iltamyöhään. Matka kestää noin 2,5 tuntia riippuen junasta.

Yksi suosikkipaikkojani Wienissä on Volksgarten ruusutarhoineen. Puistossa on noin 400 erilaista ruusua kaikissa mahdollisissa väreissä ja tuoksu on yksinkertaisesti ihana. Volksgarten sijaitsee Hofburgin rakennusten vieressä kaupungin keskustan alueella ja on helppo löytää. Puutarha tehtiin alunperin yksityiskäyttöön vuonna 1823, mutta jo vuonna 1825 se avattiin wieniläisille ensimmäisenä yleisölle avoinna olevana puistona. Siitä lähtien se on tunnettu Volksgarten-nimellä (kansanpuisto). 

Jos on aikaa vain yhteen museoon, suosittelen Albertina (Albertinaplatz 1) Wienin keskustassa. Albertinan vakituiset kokoelmat sisältävät grafiikkaa, valokuvia ja arkkitehtuuria. Lisäksi tarjolla on korkeatasoisia vaihtuvia näyttelyitä.

Kun nälkä yllättää ja tekee mieli todellista wieniläistä ruokaa, kannattaa suunnata kohti Cafe Centralia (Herrengasse 14) ja tilata paikan wiener schnitzel. Sisälle saattaa joutua jonottamaan varsinkin lounasaikaan, mutta pieni seisoskelu on sen arvoista. 140 vuotta vanha ravintola on sisältä kaunis ja palvelu loistavaa.




























(EN)Have you ever been to Vienna? Do you have a favourite place there?

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(FI) Oletko käynyt koskaan Wienissä? Mikä on suosikkikohteesi siellä?


Playing With Colours

Thursday, October 18, 2012

 It's not even yet Halloween but the shops have started 
selling Xmas decorations.

My Xmas is usually white & silver with some red.
Perhaps should make a change and choose
a totally new colour theme?

Btw, there're new Butlers's shops almost 
in every shopping mall in Budapest.
Just saw a new one in Arena Plaza and Corvin.

ps. these pics are taken at Interiors in Vienna.

Fabulous Shopping In Vienna

Sunday, August 14, 2011

 Just had to buy these Prada shoes
for the autumn...
- was told that this kind of heel is not so comfortable
but these shoes really do feel great on!

Prada
Weihburggasse 9
1010 Vienna

 Had one hour in Parndorf,
this is the result:
Pale pink silk scarf at Gucci's
- just love it!
Cherry blossom hand cream,
peppermint foot cream,
turquise bath gloves,
vitamin E lotion
and serum at Body Shop's

Designer Outlet Center
A-7111 Parndorf
Austria

Flossmann Brautsalon

 Went to Vienna on Saturday with a friend of mine to choose an evening gown for her wedding.


She will have a white wedding dress but she'd like to chance it for an evening gown after the wedding cake is served.


 She likes a lot San Patrick's gowns so went to Flossmann in the city centre of Vienna.


Which one did she choose: the fuchsia or the turquise one???




Riemergasse 11
1010 Vienna

ps. here's a link to Andi & Matt's wedding. After seven years, they are still happily married. 


Vienna Shopping

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

A day in Vienna
- took the early morning RailJet train
from Keleti pu to Westbahnhof
.
A bit anemic look
- no snow in Vienna
.
Heh, funny!
Didn't have lunch here...
.
Instead had Tages Suppe at Cafe Ritter
.
The sales're almost over,
so concentrated more for the new arrivals
- in fact not so many new things yet
.
Made some nice finds though
- new Rose hand therapy by Crabtree & Evelyn,
absolutely lovely product!
.
Max Mara Weekend's cotton-silk
jersey dress for summer
from Steffl
Steffl
Karntnerstrasse 19
1010 Wien
.

Sun-glasses by Prada
- got extra good service...
Prada
Weihbuggasse 9
1010 Wien
.
Something to read on the way back to Budapest
.

Vienna

Friday, October 1, 2010

A new pop-up store at Steffl's in Vienna!
.
Bought this black woollen cap with sequels by Boss
at the pop-up store
.
Went also to Prada and bought
this cute belt
.
Lunch at Albertina:
pumkin soup
with roasted pumkin seeds & pumkin oil
- nice dish for autumn
.
Of course had some "laakrone" at Oberlaan
and a piece of Sacher cake at Sacher's
.
The weather in Vienna was quite chilly
but dry and even partly sunny
.
Had a really nice day there with
my mom and aunty
.
By the way, planned to go to see
the Picasso Exhibition at Albertina
but not enough time
as the Sisters were more for shopping
.
On previous day visited Szépműveszeti Muzeum
in Budapest
to see Gustav Klimt's exhibition
including other Viennese Secession artists
to get a Vienna mood
.

Shoe Shopping

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Bally high-heel sandals in black Monday was for shoe hunting in Vienna - looking for something light & summerish for a wedding party, not black...
Had in mind Louboutin's Spritney T-bar sandal in nude, obviously it's sold out everywhere
- sent several e-mails to Louboutin boutiques and was ready to fly to Paris to buy a pair, but no luck!
.
In Vienna visited every single boutique, but as the sales are on and the autumn season
things are already in, no luck! Ended up with this BLACK pair of Bally's sandals - at least they look light...
The service at Bally's was excellent!- almost bought a pair of sandals althought they were a bit tight (39) and a bigger size (40) was a bit too loose - the sales assistant didn't recommend to buy either of them, instead quickly checked another model in the storage and brought a pair in 39,5 which fitted perfectly! And it was on sale! Very happy!
.
Bally
Graben 12
1010 Vienna

Kerastase travel kit Bought a pack of travel size Kerastase shampoo & conditions.

salad in sacher eck vienna
Skipped the Sacher cake but didn't skip the place, Sacher Eck - instead of the usual piece of cake
had an excellent tuna salad there. Reason for that:
having enormous difficulties fitting into my rasberry red silk dress which suppose to wear in the end of this month...


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