Vienna and the wonderful Honzo!

Not quite as unique architecture, but still beautiful! We have had one of the most generous host you could ever ask for. Honzo met us at the bus station baring gifts of apples, chocolate, and water. When we got to his place, we made us pasta for lunch and then we maneuvered on to the train to go swimming! Honzo took us north east to a local spot to swim in the river that runs through Vienna. It was soooo much fun! I really felt Austrian.  That night we met the other French couchsurfers and hit the bars to watch the football match. Spain defeated Italy and we continued our night by playing friendly games of pool (US vs. France vs. Austria). 

The next day, we all had a brilliant idea of renting bikes. We tromped down to a CITYBIKE station which are all over town. I first used my card and got a bike for only a euro. The others tried to get their bikes, but every card was denied so I was the lone ranger. We set a meeting spot in an hour and I was off to get lost in the city on a bike! I kept finding other bikers and just following them until I got bored. The craziest thing of all was on one ways there is a bike lane going in the opposite direction. Once again, it was a little scary. After my lone adventures, we all gawked at the university, the parliament building, the two museums, and many churches. As we all were 18 ; ) (born in ’93) we got into the naturalist history museum for a total of zero euros. We explored all the stuff animals and figured it was time for a beer.

We went to a microbrewery so Keegan could get his IPA he had been longing for. The two of us and the two French men all got different dishes and passed them around like a big family! That night we went with our host to the travelshack. THAT was a crazy scene! They are famous for their different shots and their multinational crowd.

The next day we were lucky enough to have Honzo bring us to Schonbrun. We raced through 3 different hedge mazes and walked around the beautiful estate.

We’re off to Bratislava!

Travel Tip # 3

Trains are more expensive than buses, but you will ALWAYS have a spot on the train, not the bus. We waited for a bus for an hour just to find out that it was packed and no spots left for us. We rushed over to the train station, paid a little extra and were on our way. The Eurail pass is a rip off!!! It is a lot cheaper for Europeans and you can defiantly buy the train individually for cheaper or fly RyanAir for long distance.