Oh-h-h-h Vienna...

[maxxi]

Anyone have any hidden gems, favourite places, trips, unmissables etc. or wrinkles for living here for a spell (couple of months)?*

*First one to post "This means nothing to me" (or reference to Rigsby's cat) wins limited editiion recording of Harry Lime Theme on cazoo.

[????]

Ask Joe Dolce

[numbers]

One of my friends recently posted that she'd seen Midge Ure at the Princess theatre Hunstanton..or did I dream it?

Anyway, you can have nice trips to the Waldviertel in Niederosterreich. Beautiful small places like Zwettl, Schrems and Gmund! Sorry not much help maxxi but v. jealous. Bon voyage!

[goosey-goosey]

One word. Cake. What those Austrians don't know about baked carbohydrate and fat isn't worth knowing.

Seriously, I spent a week there but decades ago. I would definitely recommend wandering the streets soaking up the grand, modernist architecture (e.g. the Secession Building).

Have a good trip.

[Louisa]

May I intervene and suggest there are plenty of lovely places on your doorstep to visit here in the UK, (many on a par with Vienna along the East Coast) rather than traipsing half way across the European continent spending cash in someone else's country.

Louisa.

[Alex K]

"Many on a par with Vienna". In Britain. Oh, dear. -- What a VERY good time you are about to have!

[numbers]

Louisa do you need new specs love?

Maxxi says it's for living there for a few months. Bit different to looking for places to visit on your own doorstep. Probably already aware of the joys of the UK I dare say.

[red devil]

A night at the opera is a must, even if you don't like opera...http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node/home/aktuelles/neuigkeiten/Spielplan_15-16.en.php

[Mick Mac]

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> Ask Joe Dolce

Shut uppa

[maxxi]

It's certainly a point of view Lou old luv - but this is work so I shall be "traipsing half way across the European continent earning cash in someone else's country." - just wanted to see if anyone had had similar experience and - after having gorged on coffee and cake and Baroque architecture - discovered other delights.

GooseyG, RD & Numbers thanks - noted and googled.

Numbers - I spent a short rain-soaked holiday in a caravan in Hunstanton as a child. There were piles of starfish on the beach. I never found out why.

[Louisa]

Why work in Vienna though maxxi? I obviously am not aware of all the circumstances, forgive me here, maybe it's a great opportunity. But in my personal experience I can assure you it's worth considering somewhere a little closer to home. The grass always appears greener in the field next door until you jump the fence and discover it's full of ragwort.

Alex K you've obviously never been to Norwich.

Louisa.

[Alex K]

"Alex K you've obviously never been to Norwich."

I've been.

Obviously I chose not to stay there. For obvious reasons.

Perhaps not so obvious, though; we are different, it seems, you and I, and perhaps I must work harder to understand your perspective.

Perhaps before I judge the opinions of someone who prefers Norwich to Vienna I need to ask a preliminary question, one with an answer that will give me, at least in part, access to the perspective of that someone. Here goes.

Louisa, is your metabolism carbon-based?

**grin**

[steveo]

Lowestoft has some of the ugliest people I've ever seen

[Salsaboy]

Most of the people in Norwich seem to be in-bred.

Is that where Louisa comes from?

[Louisa]

Norwich is a beautiful ancient city. I used to go to Lowestoft as a kid for holidays. Some of the negative language here is very London centric. Horrible stereotypes about inbreds and ugly people are the very reasons why Londoners are so unpopular when we go elsewhere in the country. Not that I'm saying any of you are actual Londoners, more than likely posh out of town wannabes who moved here from somewhere like Stafford or Winchester. Meh.

Louisa.

[Seabag]

Louisa Wrote:

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> Why work in Vienna though maxxi? I obviously am

> not aware of all the circumstances, forgive me

> here, maybe it's a great opportunity. But in my

> personal experience I can assure you it's worth

> considering somewhere a little closer to home. The

> grass always appears greener in the field next

> door until you jump the fence and discover it's

> full of ragwort.

>

> Alex K you've obviously never been to Norwich.

>

> Louisa.

Ragwort, you must have had a pony

You're actually middle class aren't you

I don't know a girl who knows what ragwort is , who isn't a horse/pony owner

Ha ha!

Jokes !

[sallyfran]

If you are going to be there in the summer, find out about all of the local Heurigen places - farms that sell the new wine with big plates of bread and meat and cheese. Generally cheap and a really nice relaxed atmosphere and several are within cycling distance of Vienna. Also I would go to Tuln, birthplace of Egon Schiele and take a look at the Egon Schiele museum.

[steveo]

And don't forget Klimpt

[goosey-goosey]

And don't forget the Vienna Philharmonic - a fine band.

[Ron70]

Try "Planters Club" on Zelinkagasse. It's away from all the usual tourist haunts and is a very cool bar with awesome cocktails...

[adonirum]

Numbers, no you didn't dream it, your friend could have seen Midge Ure in Sunny Hunny.

We were there back in August and saw the posters and an A-Frame advertising stand outside for a concert sometime later in the month I believe.

We're going to friends at the end of next month and going to see Marc Bolan and TRex

(well alright TRextasy, but that bloke is such a doppleganger you can hardly tell the difference).