Living in the present: Vienna.

Wow, the last two days have totally flown by!! Let me fill you in... I left Berlin bright and early and flew to Vienna on a cute little Air Berlin flight. Getting to my hostel was quite easy and I settled in quickly. Had to change of course because the weather was really nice and I was dressed for flight. The hostel is located near a shopping area and its a quick walk to the center or the ring as they call it here. I had a walking tour from one of Rick Steve's guidebooks and decided to follow it the first day. First of all it's important to note that Rick is funny and his tours are really good and easy to follow. At one point he directed the way by having us follow the direction a statues bare breast was pointing?! Awesome. The tour started at the Opera house and took me through the beauty that is Vienna.

Dina, if you're reading this know that I think of you constantly! Each place I pass brings up a memory of when we were here. Who knew that I even remembered half of this stuff! I know that when we were here last (10 years ago) we were so sore from a hike we did outside of Salzburg that we were too tired to fully appreciate Vienna in all it's glory.

Anyway, I visited two museums while here- the Albertina and the Leopold. I walked and saw everything. Literally.

-Stephens cathedral

-Old Jewish quarter/synagogue

-Belvedere (only from the outside because I remembered the inside well)

-Kunst Haus

-Hofburg (the palace)

-Street markets

And I got to sample Viennese sandwiches, schnitzel, delicious pastries, and ice cream. Not bad, huh?

It's been really gorgeous the last few days, like 80's, and Vienna is super walkable so I've spent all day(s) outdoors.

Tomorrow I head to Gyor which is in Western Hungary. It was kind of a hassle

to buy the train ticket because the first person who helped me messed it up but now it's all fixed and I leave at 9:48 a.m. So that means its an early-ish morning.

Well, I think the "real" part of my trip begins tomorrow, only in the sense that I've never been to either country before. I'm excited!