I liked the Austrian way better

On my last night in Vienna I decided to go out for schnitzel (again) and went to a restaurant that specialised in it and had several different kinds on the menu. I ordered something called "hamburger schnitzel", which I assumed just meant schnitzel served with chips from what I could understand of the menu.
In fact, it turned out to be a huge slab of schnitzel wedged in between.... two more huge slabs of schnitzel! Hamburger schnitzel! Turned out I'd made an excellent choice.
Some Austrian guys I was sharing the table with laughed at me for eating it all. It was great. I've concluded that I pretty much have a limitless stomach when it comes to schnitzel!

After that I completed my missions of going on the Riesenrad, albeit without cellist, and going to see The Third Man which was doubly good now that I've seen some of the town.
In between these I had one more final night plan which was to go to a coffee shop and get strudel. I had to just pick one close to the cinema and ended up in a fancy place which the menu told me had been around since 1861. The waiter brought me coffee but promptly forgot my strudel. I hope they haven't been doing that since 1861. Danke schön! (that's my attempt at Austrian sarcasm)

Vienna seemed to be full of guys in wide-brimmed hats and big coats, who all looked like they belonged in an old-fashioned spy movie. All up, I liked Vienna a lot!

I'm now in Prague where I haven't done too much except see a bit of town and go to the opera. I saw Rusalka, which I considered was the best choice being Czech! I didn't know anything else about it but it turns out it's basically just The Little Mermaid as an opera. My favourite aria was "Under the Sea". Haha, humour.
During intermission I drank champagne and an American with a bow tie and very square arm movements told me how much he misses the Reagan days. He made me think of a real-life Jack Donaghy!

This morning I booked up the rest of my accomodation until I meet up with Jenny in just under two weeks! I'm now all locked in for Eastern Europe, with my next stop being Bratislava in two days time. I am excited.

I've been watching a lot of Big Bang Theory, namely the second half of season 3 which I hadn't gotten up to watching yet. So good, but it's possible this is making me even more introverted than normal! Or maybe it's just that there are a lot of Australians staying at my hostel in Prague who aren't really the kind of people I would normally hang out with. That said, I'm intending to be sociable tonight as I'm going on some kind of Beer Tour, which seems to be more down my alley than the numerous European pub crawls that are run everywhere, particularly in Prague. I would much rather be plied with good Czech beer than plied with shots!

I've also uploaded my Vienna photos, which you can see starting from here!



Me, a big palace and a Star Wars shirt