Falling irrevocably and unconditionally in love................... with VIENNA!!!

During my first 6 weeks in Vienna before Easter I was quite homesick, however on my return I have begun to fall in love with the place!!! I have met some amazing amazing girls here and with my friend Dorothy coming to stay 29th April- 3rd May and the sun shining many fun times have been had this past week!

29th April, Dorothy arrives and I immediately acquaint her with Viennese cafe life with a coffee and cake at the airport. That evening we head to the MuseumsQuartier (MQ) where an open air concert kicked off the summer season for the area. We drank beer at the arsch bar, and sat in the middle of the square amongst hundreds of other revellers.

The arsch/ rectum bar, which is in the shape of an actual rectum, provided some entertainment. MQ beers led us onto a hidden bar just off the Mariahilferstrasse and then another hidden bar with things hanging from the ceiling which moved with the beat of the base.... quite a surreal experience if you lay back and watch!

Sight seeing wise I showed Dorothy around the Rathaus area, Stephansdom, Stadtpark and Schonbrunn.

Standing in front of Leopold Mozarts memorial, Stadtpark. I keep spotting the lady with the amazing red hair around town. These two make a super cool couple!

We also went to the Pruckel (my fav cafe here), and Centimetre for schnitzel... of course!

Saturday 1st May saw us frequenting the Flohmarkt by day, and Brut bar by evening.

Bargain buys this week included a black fringed jacket for 4 euros and an amazing brown straw hat (seen in pics throughout) for 5 euros.

Beers on the Ubhan led to fireworks at Pratersauna..

...led to dancing to a dj-set at Brut...

..... led to the stealing of the promotional stickers for the night (I love New Work)....

... which resulted in quite a messy end to the evening!!!!!!!

The next day, Doz and I battled our hangovers and day tripped over to Bratislava:

Looking highly hungover on the train! And then much needed coffees with cream at the Slovak pub on arrival!

I saw this poster for a festival in Slovakia in July, there's loads of amazing bands such as the xx and metronomy... fingers crossed ill be going with Anna!!

We hotfooted it around the castle, then down to the main square, and managed to fit in some traditional food at the slovak pub before heading back to Vienna for a good nights sleep!