As I mentioned earlier, the best companion in Vienna is the multi-day transportation pass. Because with it, you can pop up in a zillion places via subway, train, bus, or tram relatively efficiently (and I love how varied each stop is)… and save lots of transit time and energy so that you could do the real walking upon reaching your …
Ode To The Sachertorte
To be honest the whole sweet tooth is a relatively late development for me. We weren’t allowed to eat a lot of candy and sweet stuff when my sisters and I were kids, so it wasn’t until high school, when we had to sell chocolate bars as a fundraiser for our various clubs, did I begin to understand the evil …
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Pastry Coma, Courtesy Of Demel
In these coming entries it will be difficult to explain how I lose instead of gain weight on this trip (but I do walk A LOT when I’m roaming) because just looking at windows in these patisseries around Europe is enough to pile on the pounds. I know, it’s easy for you to say stop looking inside the windows then, …
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Thanks For Your Patience
There’ve been some technical hiccups on my part these last few days, and my roaming is coming soon to an end. Once I turn up stateside this week, I’ll have lots more to share then…especially photos of the culinary kind! Thanks for your patience, and till my next blog entry, here’s a shot of a sesame ring I had in …
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Where There’s Hermes There’s Usually Chanel
Vienna is a very cosmopolitan, multi-cultural town. It has its own sense of fashion vibe like any city secure in its identity: So on one of my days here, I thought I’d chase down the shopping scene while touring the historic center. I get to the Kohlmarkt area first, where all the fancy stores are… and my first pit stop …