Vienna - a charming city

Destinasi kedua trip kami is Vienna, ibu negara kepada Austria. Berbeza dari Salzburg, Vienna ni lebih city-ish lah..dah kata pun the capital kan. Ala ala Key Ell versus Melaka la. From Salzburg to Vienna, we took train which costed around 47.50eu. Fixed price takde online promotion ke ape so we decided to buy the ticket on the spot je. It took about 3 hours train ride and kitorang sampai Vienna dalam pukul 4 petang gitu.

dah penat tido, time to fool around!

We stayed in Hostel Ruthensteiner, tak jauh dari the West Train Station. Quite convenient la dalam 5-8 minit je jalan dari situ. For 14.50eu per pax per nite, ktorang dapat bilik for 3 tapi honestly bilik dia adelah sungguh kecil. Saye cerita dekat emak bilik dia lagi kecik dari bilik saya dulu2 before rumah renovate, dan kami dapat bilik yg ada 1 bunkbed and satu katil single. However we kinda like the hostel. Dia punya common room sangat2 selesa and ada WiFi..and diorg tak kisah kitorang nak lepak berapa lama pun kat situ. That's a 10+ point for the hostel.

terlupa nak amik gambar penuh the room, tapi basically dari kanan pintu tu ada satu meja kecik. kecik je bilik ni ruang antara dua katil memang muat-muattttt untuk sorang semayang.

To travel around Vienna, we bought a 24 hours all pass ticket yg berharga 5.70eu. Since kitorang duduk situ pun sehari cukup2 so memang sangat cun lah kan. Being the typical Europe attraction...Vienna ada banyakkkk bangunan yang cantik-cantik. Sangat bagus utk orang yang appreciate keindahan architecture bangunan-bangunan nih (but not us :P) Daripada area stop Underground Stephansplatz, dekat situ memang ade banyak la tempat tourist spot macam Stephansdom, Hofburg palace and a few museums.


Antara tempat yang kitorang pergi the day we arrived. Sebab kul 4 pun dah malam kan...nasib kamera kesayangan saya punya night picture boleh diharap :P

museum. ampunnn saya lupa nama dia

From WikiTravel : To the traveler, the city has a very convenient layout: The 'old town', or city center, is the first district, with the Stephansdom and Stephansplatz at the centre of a bullseye. It is encircled by the Ringstraße (Ring Road), a grand boulevard constructed along the old city walls, which were torn down at the end of the 19th century. Along the Ringstraße are many famous and grand buildings, including the Rathaus [City Hall], the Austrian Parliament, the Hofburg Palace, the Natural History Museum, the Museum of Art History (Kunsthistorisches Museum), and the State Opera House.

Underground station

Stephansdom - dia nye theme dia cam gothic2 gitu..tapi dia tengah renovate time kami pergi

one of the many beautiful buildings we passed by

and this is just a supermarket..macam Giant, macam Tesco tu :p

Hofburg palace

Antara highlight kitorang nye trip kat Vienna was to play with snow in front of the city hall (sebab kat situ tak ramai sangat orang so tak la nampak jakun sangat :P ) and nasi beriyani super murah! halal! highly recommended! cuma 4.50eu sepinggan! cukup pedas! pemurah ayam! Miahaha tak bergune kan :P I know I know. Lupa nak stresskan yg kitorang nye tema percutian is rest and relax!

weeee.....lihatlah dunia budak jakun niii

the bad thing about snow. jijik sedikit bila nak jalan. kotorrrr and licinnnn

melawat Christmas market yg tak berapa menarik. Jual barang-barang perhiasan Christmas and byk jual wine panas je..

Vienna ni dihiasi dengan banyak bangunan cantik-cantik. Satu yang saya kagumi pasal capital negara Europe ni despite being a big city tapi diorang masih mengekalkan architecture bangunan yang lama-lama. Tak banyak sangat skycrapper buildings yang block the view unlike our beloved Key Ell (correct me if I'm wrong. saya ni memang suke je blog buat gaya confident :P) Tapi Europe adalah Europe. Bile dah banyak negara kita pergi kite akan mula bosan sebab attraction dia adalah sama. By far saya rasa Spain adalah negara kegemaran saya mungkin sebab tarikan sejarah kegemilangan Islam yang pernah bertapak disitu and variety of places of attractions in Spain. I don't mind coming back to Spain in future sebab memang sangat best! :D

Salzburg - The hills are alive!

Alright now..here we go..Round 1 of my winter trip!


We departed from Dublin to Salzburg airport on Saturday the 20th. The flight was delayed for about an hour for an unknown reason. That's Ryanair. They alwaysssssss do this. Kitorang dah keluar rumah dari pukul 5 pagi...so melepak-lepak lah kami dekat ruang menunggu tu...sampai akhirnya kami boarded at about 11.50am!

usha bapa mengendong anak comel. hahaha..jangan rasa takut dgn saya, this is done only out of boredom.

Usai 2 jam lebih penerbangan kami tiba di Lapangan Terbang Salzburg, Austria. Bile keluar je dari kapal terbang tu macam nervous jugak lah sebab tak pernah lagi merasa duduk negara yang bersnow dengan frequentnye kan. It was okay initially. Rasa macam dekat tempat ski when I was in Aussie. Sebab malas nak berjalan-jalan, we took a cab from airport to the hostel.

one of the first view upon arriving. time tu excited la lagi.

Kami memilih YOHO International (Youth Hostel) sebagai tempat penginapan. 20eu per pax per nite for a room with 2 bunkbeds (muat 4 orang) Saya, Wany and Jims plus seorang lagi orang luar yang kami tak sempat nak borak-borak sebab dia datang lewat, and kami menjadi Melayu typical yang kera sumbang..kekeke...mintak maaf Vivekananda *nama rekaan sebab tak dengar sangat receptionist tu sebut nama dia.

Room 310 at YOHO!

the streets we passed by on the way to Old City

Ini pertama kali saya menjejakkan kaki ke negara bersalji begini. And it was kinda a shock to all of us. Flight dah lah delay..sampai dah petang.. so nothing really can be done in that cold chilly night. So we just took a stroll at the shopping streets and the river. Kesejukan yang menggigit tulang memaksa kami untuk pulang awal ke bilik selepas menjamah dinner di kedai kebab (makanan kebangsaan sewaktu travel. huhu) Dan percaya atau tidak, by 8 o clock that nite kitorang dah sedia terbaring atas katil keletihan dan kesejukan..memang tak gune...kekeke~
Betul sejuk tak tipu! And if you can see at the back the hills are covered with the white snow!

Getreidegasse - the shopping streets

typical Europe magnificent building

Salzburg ni ialah bandar keempat terbesar di negara Austria. AUSTRIA bukan AUSTRALIA tau :P Kalau anda pernah menonton The Sound of Music, you may think you know all there is to see in Salzburg. Salzburg ni terletak antara dua tebing Salzach River, at the point where it is pinched between two mountains, the Kapuzinerberg on one side, the Monchsberg on the other. In broader view are many beautiful Alpine peaks. Dia jugak merupakan tempat kelahiran the famous composer Mozart.

Salzach River

Sebaiknya kalau nak lagi berpuas hati untuk tour di Salzburg ni joining one of the tours is the best option. Transportation settled, explanations semua lengkap. Tour packages start as low as 18eu until 80-90eu. Of course the bigger the price, the more places you can cover la kan. Tapi sebab kami kesuntukan masa disebabkan nak kejar train untuk ke Vienna, we just did our own tour...which ended up with nothing much sebab terlampau sejuk. Jalan dua tiga langkah dah masuk cafe minum hot choc..Kekeke~Jadi kami sempat la jalan-jalan sikit di the Old City.

we *think* this is the Mirabell...but it doesn't seem like it :p

All in all Salzburg is one nice place to go if you are a nature and music lover. The view memang sangat cantik..and I bet if you go there over the summer it would be more spectacular.

More pictures can be viewed from my facebook album =)

p/s : ayat skemaaaaa tatahannnn...