Completing the cycle of Austria I ventured over to the former head of Europe...Vienna. Unfortunately the day I arrive it decides to rain, therefore I wasn't able to see much of the city.
A positive to this however, was that I met up with a former traveller and he let me stay at his place...for free. Perfecto...he tells me some stories, feeds me, the next day gives me a tour of the city...man life is good.
Finally the sun comes out and it's a beautiful day. We take an excursion down to Viennas Castle.
Walk around the enormous grounds, snap some pictures...basically the norm of travelling.
My favorite part of the day was actually seeing the worlds oldest ferris wheel. This thing is massive and at night it's like a special star amist the plain ones scattered in the sky.
The city of Vienna seems absolutely massive, but after taking the metro I realized I had encircled the entire city within that day. Having a local show you around the city can be very helpful as he showed me true Austrian meals and treats. One of these treats is a type of chocolate cake which melts in your mouth. The chocolate is sooo rich and the taste is smooth like silk. I just wish I could remember what it was called...hmmm I'll figure it out sooner or later.
My last day in Vienna I spent touring the city on my own, as my gracious host had to take off. I soon realized during my trip that...oh wait a minute...isn't the U.N Headquarters in Vienna...hmmm. Well since I had only thought of this close to five o'clock...it turns out the grounds are now closed to tourists...the guards wouldn't even let me explain that I was from Canada...sooo unfortunately the only picture I was able to take were far away.
My best visiting spot of Vienna...the criminal museum...yes its gory, graphic and grotesque, but by golly, intersting as heck. This musuem is tucked away in an residential area of Vienna, so basically there was no body else but me at this mueum. It takes me close to two hours to go through the entire thing, they cover everything from early age criminals all the way up to present day. It got pretty grotesque when they started covering decapitations and they had an actual mumified head from one of the trials. It was weird how I found it repulsive, but at the same time couldn't look away.
I also learned how Austria was the first country to incorperate the present day INTERPOL. They also came up with the first form of criminal identification and tracking.
This tiny little museum was stacked full of data, more then your eyes and minds content, I really enjoyed it and will recommend it to others.
After that little excursion it was time to catch a glimpse of the gorgeous Vienna sunset. Vienna is another city with rivers running through it, but the difference is all the skyscrapers linning the horizon. Again, some more beautiful pictures.
While perusing the city waiting for my train to arrive, I came across and interesting new age type building.
Turns out this crazily decocrated building is nothing more then a recycling depot. Sheesh...if more recycling places were like this, I think there would be more people recycling.
My take of the city...more of an industrialized city then that of Salzburg, but lots more fun things to do for the younger crew. Still wish I could've seen the U.N, but was able to see a crazy unique museum.
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