Hostel Living

We have survived two weeks at our hostel from hell! you think I'm being dramatic, but it's been a nightmare of rubbish internet, lack of kitchen to make food meaning massive amounts of money being spent on eating out and to top it off, weird European roommates that have no idea of modesty - stripping down to ones Yfronts and parading around is not a sight for the faint hearted :( 

Anyway, we have moved rooms now and settled in to our new home for the next 16 nights. The 30th September cannot come soon enough. 

Cafe Benno

James and I thought we would celebrate a successful first week at our placement - we survived - with a meal at a cafe we found in our first week here. 

The cafe has a great vibe, good music and cheap food just off the U6 line - the majority of good cafés, restaurants and bars are off this line. 

The meal was delicious, plentiful and CHEAP! I'd totally recommend this to future Erasmus Wien students! We plan to return here for a few beers soon and to play one of the many board games they had on offer - seems this is the thing to do on a night out.  

Cafe Benno

James and I thought we would celebrate a successful first week at our placement - we survived - with a meal at a cafe we found in our first week here. 

The cafe has a great vibe, good music and cheap food just off the U6 line - the majority of good cafés, restaurants and bars are off this line. 

The meal was delicious, plentiful and CHEAP! I'd totally recommend this to future Erasmus Wien students! We plan to return here for a few beers soon and to play one of the many board games they had on offer - seems this is the thing to do on a night out.  

Sunday Strolls

Sundays in Wien are pretty quiet. Unlike the UK, the shops, businesses and supermarkets are all closed on a Sunday - handy hint is to purchase any food/snacks on a Saturday, or you'll end up very hungry if you're on a budget and not wanting to splash out on a restaurant meal. 

This Sunday, James and I strolled the city in search of brunch and to help us try and get our bearings around this mammoth city. We enjoyed a casual brunch at cafe Einstein, just outside the centre. It was reasonably priced, but please be warned that European service is a tad different to what we are used to. In the UK, you can expect the waiters/waitresses to be hownding you to leave and offering you the bill; but Vienna is very different! You can sit, relax and contemplate hours away in cafe, or restaurant, until YOU ask for the bill :) 

After a hearty brunch; well not for James, we enjoyed a stroll around the beautiful city and stumbled upon a carnival in the park. One thing you must do in Vienna is sample the cakes at the local cafés, especially the 'sorta torte' cake (famous in Vienna) - ladies, you can not worry about calories whilst living here, you will be devouring cake! 

The best thing about this city is it's sheer beauty in the centre - you will be mesmourised by the architecture and history that is to offer - I'm still in awe that I'm actually living here :)

Beautiful Vienna

This city is truly beautiful! Even on a walk home from placement or university, you will find a hidden gem of beauty round the corner. 

Transport in Vienna

The amazing transport here puts the UK's to shame. The trains, buses and trams are so frequent and clean - makes getting about the city easy. All routes are easily found and it's great for the poor directionless like myself. 

Also, the transport links run 24hrs on a Friday and Saturday, and every public holiday - amazing!

For €48 a month, you can get a pass for all transport in the city - bus, tram and train. If you're lucky enough to be under 26 and a student in Vienna; you can get a semester pass for €150 euro. 

Erasmus Begins

We had a brilliant induction at our new university, FH Campus Wien and met the lovely bunch we will be with for the next few months. The induction was a full week of form filling, seminars and sight seeing - I'm looking forward to the brilliant memories we will make with this group.