Saturday, December 14, 2013

Vienna Austria

Staying here: Grand Hotel Mercure Biedermeier Vien in Vienna City Center.
 
Hotel mapped.
 
My room was so remote/away from elevators and ice machines, top-floor, at the very end of this hall..
 
 Into this corridor..
 
 Up these stairs..
 
 
 
Finally the room!
 
 Room setup/staging.
 
 
 
Looking down from hallway.
 
Night-time view of same.
 
Night-time view stepping out of hotel lobby.. 
 
 
Day-time view of same. 
 
 
 
Fitness center/spa..
 
 
 
Sauna room.. 
 
 
2 blocks from hotel (SBUX!!)..
 
 
 
Served in a mug, yumm! 
 
Got my route/self-tour scoped-out, but ain't walking! 
 
Got my CityBike rental (hey, it was either this or puke orange).. 
 
Starting the ride. 
 
Danube River canal.. 
 
 
Local streets/architecture.. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Art-deco building/museum..
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cool-shaped building in the distance. 
 
 The endless road.


Cool weight-lifter graffiti.


These videos have audio (the sides move and wiggle so the video doesn't appear as shaky--video editing stabilization)..




This delicatessen was bomb/exceptional!


These treats were $1.30 EUR each (~$2 USD); couldn't resist and had to try. Okay fine, I got 4.






Lunch secured.


The unwrapping..


Getting hungry yet?

 
Tasted even better than they look.
 
 Cute pretzel door knob/handle of the bakery where I got the breakfast bagel.
 
 Got chocolate?
 
Sweet AMG (can only imagine how it looks when washed).
      
 
 
Austrian wireless carrier (upper-left corner).