Last Wednesday, we headed to Vienna and Budapest for a one-week trip. We had four nights in Vienna and three in Budapest. Part of the time in Vienna was taken up by a lacrosse tournament for Tim, but the rest of the week we were free to tour these two beautiful cities.
We arrived in Vienna on Wednesday evening, and after checking into our hotel, headed to a restaurant recommended by a co-worker of Erin, that allegedly has the best Wiener schnitzel in all of Vienna. We had made reservations at this restaurant, named Figlmüller earlier in the day, and it was a good thing, as there was a lineup out the door when we arrived. The schnitzel didn't disappoint. In addition to being delicious, it was bigger than the plate it was brought out on. We had an Austrian potato salad with it, and washed it down with some local white wine, a traditional Austrian meal for our first night.
On Thursday, we checked out out local sites like the Naschmarkt, St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Hofburg Imperial Palace, before having a nice, albeit incredibly filling dinner at an old restaurant located in a hundreds of years old cellar in the old town.
On Friday, we started the day off with a nice breakfast at a Viennese coffee house, and then went our separate ways for most of the day; Tim playing lacrosse with the Swiss National Team in the Austrian Nations Cup and Erin checking out more of the city as well as seeing Schönbrunn Palace before catching the last lacrosse game of the day and heading out for dinner together.
Saturday was more of the same; Tim playing lacrosse and Erin touring the city during the day before we met up for dinner together at the end of the night. Tim's lacrosse team managed to make it to the tournament final with an overtime win over the Slovakian team in the semifinals, and was set to face Team Austria in the finals early Sunday afternoon.
Since we had to leave for Budapest pretty much right after the lacrosse game on Sunday, no touristy stuff was done. Erin came to watch the game (the only person cheering on Switzerland, compared to a decent sized crowd cheering on the hated Austrians), and despite falling behind 4-0 early, Tim and Team Switzerland managed to come back and win the tournament 11-9, the first time Switzerland has ever beaten Austria. It was a nice way to end our time in Vienna, but we didn't get to celebrate for too long, as we had a train to catch to Budapest. More on Budapest to come soon!
We arrived in Vienna on Wednesday evening, and after checking into our hotel, headed to a restaurant recommended by a co-worker of Erin, that allegedly has the best Wiener schnitzel in all of Vienna. We had made reservations at this restaurant, named Figlmüller earlier in the day, and it was a good thing, as there was a lineup out the door when we arrived. The schnitzel didn't disappoint. In addition to being delicious, it was bigger than the plate it was brought out on. We had an Austrian potato salad with it, and washed it down with some local white wine, a traditional Austrian meal for our first night.
On Thursday, we checked out out local sites like the Naschmarkt, St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Hofburg Imperial Palace, before having a nice, albeit incredibly filling dinner at an old restaurant located in a hundreds of years old cellar in the old town.
On Friday, we started the day off with a nice breakfast at a Viennese coffee house, and then went our separate ways for most of the day; Tim playing lacrosse with the Swiss National Team in the Austrian Nations Cup and Erin checking out more of the city as well as seeing Schönbrunn Palace before catching the last lacrosse game of the day and heading out for dinner together.
Saturday was more of the same; Tim playing lacrosse and Erin touring the city during the day before we met up for dinner together at the end of the night. Tim's lacrosse team managed to make it to the tournament final with an overtime win over the Slovakian team in the semifinals, and was set to face Team Austria in the finals early Sunday afternoon.
Since we had to leave for Budapest pretty much right after the lacrosse game on Sunday, no touristy stuff was done. Erin came to watch the game (the only person cheering on Switzerland, compared to a decent sized crowd cheering on the hated Austrians), and despite falling behind 4-0 early, Tim and Team Switzerland managed to come back and win the tournament 11-9, the first time Switzerland has ever beaten Austria. It was a nice way to end our time in Vienna, but we didn't get to celebrate for too long, as we had a train to catch to Budapest. More on Budapest to come soon!
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