Diary

Friday, 18 November, 2005
After having landed and got through the airport, I caught the train into the centre of town…
Saturday. 19 November, 2005
With more chicken pate and cheese inside me than is really sensible I headed out from the hotel to the U-Bahn station to catch the train into town…
Sunday. 20 November, 2005
It has taken then a while, but in 2000, the Austrians unveiled their first monument to commemorate the (specifically Viennese) victims of the Holocaust…
Monday, 21 November, 2005
You would have though that with a stunning (and rambling) palace in the very centre of Vienna, and another palace in sumptuous grounds in the then outskirts of the city (Belvedere) the Habsburgs would be content..
Tuesday, 22 November, 2005
Sadly, I hadn’t packed spare limbs (I'm getting so forgetful these days - I blame the booze!) so with slightly aching legs I treated them to a nice hours rest as I caught the train out of Vienna..
Wednesday, 23 November, 2005
With my bag neatly stowed in the left luggage locker at Wein Mitte station I caught the tram out to Schwedenplatz…
Thursday, 23 January, 2020
I’d stayed overnight at an airport hotel so was able to get a bit of lie-in before hopping on a bus…
Friday, 24 January, 2020
I had wanted a bit of lie-in, but that wasn’t to be as Housekeeping decided to barge into the room at 08:20…
Saturday, 25 January, 2020
Another water torture shower first thing and then down to a relatively empty breakfast…
Sunday, 26 January, 2020
Sadly, I got another poor nights sleep due to the paper thin walls of the room and another less than adequate shower and good breakfast later I was ready to check out of the hotel…