VIENNA

Even though I am suffering from big city fatigue, I somehow pulled off a day of Vienna sightseeing. This is the 5th capital city on my trip but only the first one I explored by bicycle. There is a bicycle ringroad around the historical center, super convenient for gawking at the impressive architecture.

A special hurray for the Museum Quartier! The former Hapsburg stables are turned into a contemporary art centre with the big courtyard as a central square complete with restaurants and a DJ and colorful seating blocks AND a big lava block building housing the modern art museum. Later I joined the Wiener crowds in the many parks for a lazy sunny Sunday afternoon. What a perfect day for biking through the Prater Hauptallee and laying on the grass next to the golden Johann Strauss statue for some serious people watching in the Stadtpark.

(The place where I stayed, the PopInn, deserves a separate blog post. Stay tuned!)