Vienna is a very cool place, a mixture of old and new, a vibrant young city with an old frame. It's like a grandpa who looks a little rusty, but still puts on a 3-piece suit every day and takes his pet monkey out for a stroll.
It's full of students from everywhere in the world, in fact every time I went to a Starbucks there was someone tutoring someone else in the next table. It's full of art and design, and I spent most of my time in the museum quarter with all the art shows and design stores. I ate the best goulash ever at the Christmas Market, and bought a real Viennese snow globe. I was mistaken for a "working girl" while I was standing at this street corner on a Friday night, trying to figure out where the restaurant was (ok I was wearing a "short-ish" dress but by no means was I dressed for "work") and hit on by a student trying to sell me opera tickets. I ate my wienerschnitzel with 3 Austrians who didn't talk to me and one lady from Greece who wouldn't shut up. I was stunned how well the city was organized, the underground was operative 24h during the weekend and I could do my check-in for the return flight already at the CAT-station downtown Vienna.
A memorable trip, and I do hope to return one day. Soon.
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