Re: 356 big European Trip
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:32 pm
I'm not completely sure that Mrs B meant the car?
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We went to a concert in the very beautiful St Peter's Church. Good playing but not better than Prague but 25% more expensive. As we walked to the St Peter's we passed all the usual high end shops. When I checked we have paid about 25% more for our food tour for the next day. I was starting to build a picture of this city as being unfriendly and over priced.
However, all that changed when we started the food tour and our guide immediately took us our of the centre to places were would of never found or visited. The first place was,Café Prückel. Which we had walked past the day before (https://maps.app.goo.gl/xKBc8Md7sqBGz3za)
A traditional cafe there people come to talk and read newspapers. The couple we got talking at a Jazz concert (that night) had meet there. We learnt that proper places in Vienna will always serve coffee on a metal plater with a cup of water (https://www.cafe-wien.at/en/coffee-hous ... he%20taste)!
We learnt that full access to the public transport for a year is 365 eur! The entire system is on an honour basis. There are no barriers or machines at any stations. You buy a ticket, Validate it to set the start time then use any tram/bus/train.
The food tour containing too many stops and we had too much.
Another place we would walked pass is Tichy (https://g.co/kgs/tBG4oYT). Perhaps the most interesting ice cream I have tasted. Almost not sweet. It has to be tried to be understand.
The tour ended at this food stall (https://maps.app.goo.gl/yNdK6HCJ7wXsqriSA). Run by Thomas. A 2nd generation owner.
We attended a Jazz Concert in the evening at Porgy and Bess. Allen Harris' band which was super and much better enjoyed by Mrs B. We had seen piano player in 2023 with Gregory Porter. However, this time we paid 1/4 of the price for the tickets and I was sitting 3m from him not 100m.
We spent the next day trying to visit some museums. We are reminded that most places are free in London here you can spend quite a lot. The scale and grandeur of the buildings in District 1 is quite overwhelming.
They seem to have a strange habit of not putting wires/water pipes in the ground but overground. Using fragile structure to take the wires over roads??
This evening we wandered around our local area and enjoyed it more. Mostly because after loosing the holiday pool match to Mrs B in Tokyo I won tonight on the last ball. In the end we ended up loving this city too. Some people are grumpy and terse but the majority are friendly/knowledgeable and, of course, speak better English then me.
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