The Czechs celebrate St. Wenceslas Day every September 28. Lucky for employees like me, the government always declares it a public non-working holiday. Since it falls on a Tuesday, my sweet director also gave me Monday off. Trish and I decided to travel together to Vienna, Austria to make use of our four-day holiday from September 25 to 28. After work on Friday, I took the Student Agency bus to Brno where I spent the night with Trish in her flat and then early Saturday morning, we took the bus once again to Vienna.
After dropping off our things in the hostel, we first went to St. Stephen's Cathedral. It is smack in the middle of Stephansplatz and is very visible even from afar because of its towering height and incredibly beautiful Gothic exteriors. I especially loved the glazed tiles on the roof.
We met up with other interns from Brno and decided to take a walk around the city center. We stopped for coffee along the way. We also walked past rows and rows of fancy shops and saw this adorable column at the middle of the pedestrian.
When we reached the Hofburg Palace grounds, there were lots of festivities. The palace was no longer visible because a huge stage was set up in front of it. There were so many kids playing pingpong, ice skating and many more.
We crossed towards the area of the Museums Quartier and saw these very interesting and colorful seats outside. It was so cute to see people just chilling. I wish we have these seats in the Philippines.
Vienna is a haven for museum-lovers. Since we didn't have enough time to go to all of them, Trish, me and Antonio (a Brazilian intern) decided to check out MUMOK. What does MUMOK stand for? MUseum MOderner Kunst. The entrance was free for students. Good thing Trish and I brought with us our old Ateneo IDs.
That night, Trish and I had drinks with her high school friend Poch in a pub and went home around 3 in the morning. From Day 1 alone, I already fell in love with Vienna!
No comments:
Post a Comment