Eurotrip Day 3: Final day in Wien (9/17/13)

After having breakfast in the hostel, I walked to the Naschmarkt Wombat location for the wombat walk, a guided tour walking of old town vienna which was very informative and nice to see the different architecture. Sidenote - I love walking tours when traveling, usually very well put together with engaging people showing you the city they know quite a bit about.

I believe this was a contemporary art museum in the heart of Vienna. I thought the painted vines running down the building and the architecture itself was pretty sweet.

I believe this is the opera house that I visited the night before. Had time to get a picture of it today as yesterday I was rushing to get in line for tickets and couldnt fully appreciate the external facade of the building.

A statue on the corner of 2 roads. These beautiful pieces are all over apparently.

View down a street with the steeple of the church we were walking towards to end the tour.

One of the buildings in the museumplatz area I visited on the first day. There was a lot going on at the top with Apollo carrying his orb and a myriad of other statues above the door.

One of the decorated doorways in the museumplatz area. Where are all these people going? 

Cool statue in the middle of the square. There are people gathering behind it.

There was a military procession/showing welcoming what I think I remember being the Danish president or ambassador. We stayed and watched for a bit before continuing our tour.

Intricate and beautiful statue. 

St. Stephens Cathedral. Our stopping point for the tour. After the tour we grabbed food and then I started my exploration of different areas.

After the tour, a group of us from the tour went to Biesl near St. Stephansplatz for lunch and beers. After that, I went my separate way to explore some local watering holes. First was 12 apostles keller, a cool dive wine bar where I had a Gewurztraminer and an Apostlewein (sweet then sour). I enjoyed this place’s environment as it felt like you were in a dank cellar hanging out and drinking wine from in there; and yes, dank here is meant to be a good thing as it made it seem more authentic and natural without the bad smells that I would normally attribute to dankness. 

The Gewurztraminer I had at Apostelkeller. Gotta try some of the wines as Vienna has a notorious wine growing region NW of the city that I wanted to make it out to but didnt get the chance. 

Inside of the Apostles bar. pretty medieval feeling; gotta love it. 

A wood carving in the dungeon that was Apostelskeller. Great craftsmanship and detail. 

After these wines, I went to Bermuda Brain and Krah Krah for a normal lager beer at each place before taking the train to Einstein cafe where I had a beer (dunkel which was pretty tasty) and a coffee before wandering around the area for a bit.

Another massive and beautiful church (Votive Church), this one was on the way to Einsteins cafe. 

Having a cup of joe in the Einstein cafe, which was right next to Vienna University. Nice area to walk around in.

I then headed to 7 Stern Brau which had many of their own beers (of course I had to try some :) ) I tried their Rauchbier (too smoky for my tastes), hemp beer (tasted like hemp as you can imagine), and an american IPA which was a nice changeup from the lagers i had been drinking all day. I then headed back to the hostel as I had to leave for Salzburg in the morning.

Pretty view as I head back towards the main part of town.

Top of this building had statues galore on top. 

Some of the beers I tried at the 7 Stern Brau brewpub to cap off the long day of walking around/exploring Vienna.