Is currently on a trip to Europe, mainly Vienna and Prague. I decided to write blog post everyday during the trip cus I think I would just forget the things I want to say. Oh yeah my posts would be highly visualised cus I want to save all the other trip-talking to face-to-face convos.
Anyways, the first part of the trip is dam boring, spent around 13 hours on planes in total, because we have to fly to the Helsinki (capital of Finland) followed by transferring to Vienna. Super sian flight, good thing that I was being highly efficient and watched four movies so I didn't waste my time.
The airport at Vienna, after you come out it is basically like a shopping centre of sorts. Vienna has a time difference of -6 hours as compared to Singapore. So 1 pm at Vienna is 7 pm in Singapore on the same day. That's why I was wondering why so little people are on facebook at 8 pm Vienna time, and realised it's 2 am Singapore time :P The average temperature is really comfortable, around 20 degree celsius and slightly windy and dry, truly a lifesaver after the period of oh-god-i-want-to-die-why-so-hot days in Singapore.
People travel by train, quite similar to the MRT system in Singapore. There are 5 different lines labelled U1 to U6 bar U5. The main difference is that you buy the ticket beforehand, and then you can board any train you want without actually have your ticket being checked, because the passengers are so honest about it. For example if you buy a 3 day ticket, it would allow you to travel on any public transport for 3 days. However, no one actually checks your ticket anywhere and there's no gate requiring you to tap the ticket or anything. It is like entering the MRT station without tapping your card because everyone trusts that you already have one and that you have the money for it. Really impressed with this system, because it is so easy to abuse and yet people are buying their tickets willingly.
One example of a train. From the airport to the hotel we stayed at.
Have to really say the hotel is super awesome. (Highly recommended) It is called M Hotel and it provides lodging at a very cheap price, yet the rooms are nice, you are provided with free wireless, all-in-one shampoo/body wash as well as paper. At the lobby you have quite some entertainment such as wii, pool and cards. Also, they have a common kitchen that provides lodgers with all the cooking equipment (I even found can openers and mallets) and allow lodgers to cook their own dinner. There's also a washing machine and a clothes dryer that requires a fee for use. But basically the hotel allows lodgers to do anything after they have booked a room there.
One interesting thing about the trains there is that people are allowed to bring bicycles onto trains and there's even straps at certain seats that allow people to strap their bicycles or prams during the trip.
Photo of what a station is like. Note that there's no railings or anything that prevents people from falling onto the tracks, because according to my dad's colleague who's travelling with us 'People's lives in Vienna are too good for them to want to kill themselves'. Vienna is also very bike-friendly. All the pedestrian's walkways are very broad and separated to two walkways, one specially reserved for cyclists.
Another photo of insides of a train. The train is quite slow but the seats are comfortable. Not squeezy because Vienna is not heavily populated.
Scenery photos of what the buildings are like in Vienna.
And then we went shopping for grocery from a minimart called pennymart due to its cheap stuff. If you see the receipt carefully you would realise some of the stuff sold are hilariously cheap. Strawberry sold at special price of 1 euro. Most of the drinks and dairy products are super cheap, wines are around 1 to 3 euro, and many types of meat are cheap also. That entire receipt contains enough food to feed the 4 of us for three days, at only 31 euro. Laughs.
Haagen Daz at 4.49 euro AHAHAHAHAHAHA. We just bought one whole tub and ate on the way.
Horse-drawn carriages are quite common in Vienna. I think many people do that as a form of living, they appear at most tourism spots.
Still got lots to share but too much information is not good ^^ Shall tell you more when I meet you or something. Nites~
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