Austrian Adventures

verdict

Being just two hours away from Budapest, why the hell not pop in. We spent two and a half days there and I feel we could have done a lot more. 

Vienna is cool/hip/modern with interpreted old things. Example, every other street was a Canon or Nikon store and literally there would be a Rolex store and then an old Catholic church. 

But I guess if you count the museums, palaces, theme parks, and being served iPads for menus, I think we coved a lot of ground. It was a tad more expensive than it's Hungarian brethren but the Euro was a currency I was much more confortable converting and managing over the Hungarian forint (my meal was 2500HUF, wha?). 

The city is remarkably clean and organized, so if you know anything about me, that makes me smile. Their biking system was ridiculous, with separate roads, lights, and sounds. Portion sizes were good and we managed not to get lost.

Our only regret was meeting an American on the train who suggested we visit the Secession Museum - that man owes me 8 Euro. You know I'm one for modern art but when it's just like sticks stuck in the white floor or large white boxes that flicker, I'm sorry, I don't get it.

Anyways, verdict = check it out!  

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Hungarian Highlights

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quotes
"we better hustle to the vokzol (2 hours early), we wouldn't want to be late"
"you're going to wan to shoot yourself in the face" in Чоп
"do you have a map with you?" - immigration officer
"you brought a tripod?"
"funky monkey"
"I'm in luck!"

quests

... 58, 59, happy new years!?

highly recommend not having the audio up too loud

some "woo girl" decided to scream right by the mic

yes... ukraine does a "count up", and yes, we were just as befuddled.

i guess i shouldn't have assumed that everyone partakes in a count down but come on, who would have ever though, a count up? in retrospect, it does actually make more sense, with seconds adding up to the new year. oh ukraine, you always surprise me.

kiev had their electric ish in order because it was a led central.

but honestly, in the words of the famous barney stinson new years in kiev was "legen...dary".

by the end of the evening, I ended up finding a few things...

i found my twin

i found my sitemate

i found my cluster

i found a sparkler

i found fireworks

i found a mask

the day after was also a site to see. i'm not quite sure if kids here actually believe in santa when you can find 20 of them roaming around khreschatik

best new years hands down