Let's mix things up, and start with a fun fact. Did you know that Danish Pastries are actually Viennese, and only became Danish when a strike by Danish bakery workers led to the Copenhagen Bakeries bringing in Austrian ones, who introduced the now famous pastry to their colder climes?
There we go, I've successfully thrown you off, so I can get started! We started by heading for brunch (food dictates our lives in case you haven't noticed) at BlueOrange Bagelry, where we had a delicious healthy brunch, complemented perfectly with a Raspberry Soda. After this amazing start, we were ready to hit Vienna properly, but once we were outside, we were taken aback. It was so damn hot, to the point it was hard to function. However, unfazed we went to the Stephanplatz, and walked up to the Opera House, a beautiful old building with a beautiful fountain (with my beautiful girlfriend #cringe).
By this point, the heat was starting to take its toll, and so we headed back to grab a quick rest, before we headed to the Donaupark, near the Vienna UN buildings. Now to challenge the Vondelpark as our favourite park is impressive, to potentially usurp it is unheard of. But the Donaupark really was amazing, like most of Vienna, it was clean cut, with the spongiest grass you've ever laid on, surrounded by trees, and just the ultimate sun trap, perfect to enjoy a Radler or two. Sitting and chatting was a really nice change of pace, and definitely well earnt, and we managed to wile away many hours, before we realised it was getting dark and we still hadn't eaten dinner (shock horror!)
Hence, we headed to dinner, a place called Mozarts, where they served hearty Austrian food from 6pm till 6am daily. And it seems like a recurring theme, but it was delicious, especially dessert, a sweet dumpling with ice cream and a frozen apricot inside, perfect. By now it was late, and the trams infrequent, and so we walked back from our station. Little did we realise that two of the innocent looking cafes on the walk to our apartment were actually Strip Clubs! We hurried home, trying to ignore this revelation, and soon we were back, tucked into bed, innocence intact. And with that, our day was complete.
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