We are up at 7 Monday morning and Mary drives us in half an hour to Heathrow. There are no lineups either for checkin or much in security either. We grab a bite for breakfast, ham and cheese and almond croissants and yogurt. And really good coffee. I have started drinking quite a bit of decaf coffee but wonder how available decaf will be on the continent...
Our BA flight to Vienna is not full so we get 3 seats between us. It's a bumpy ride over Frankfurt and we sit on the tarmac for an hour before we get airborne. The driver sent by the hotel to fetch us did ot check the schedule so is a bit grumpy picking us up.
We check into the nice Mercure hotel right in the centre of all the action in Vienna. We can walk to everything, I am really happy with the location and we have stayed at this chain before.
However it is cool and rainy so I am glad packed my down vest and wool hoodie! We stroll down the road to a nice cosy restaurant overlooking a busy pedestrian way for typical Austrian fare, huge schnitzel, goulash and no sign of a vegetable except cabbage.
One thing that strikes you here in Vienna, it is very smoky. Everyone smokes. All the lovely little outdoor tables are full of smokers, everywhere on the street it trails behind them.
The little cafes are probably lovely in good weather but it is depressing and damp so we pick up a creamy cake (Esterhazy torte) at one of the lovely bakeries and head home to our warm room to enjoy it.
I thaw out under a hot shower and fall into my cosy bed. Even in a double bed, you have two duvets, one each. We sleep like logs til late.
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