Vienna Travel Guide
Best European Train Trips to Take This Summer – How to Travel Europe Slowly By Rail
European train trips are a must in summer. There are few ways more quintessentially European to travel than by train. In Australia we like to hit the road, but when we're in Europe we love ...
A Winter’s Tale: Our First Full Winter in Europe
Having just spent our first full winter in Europe, we thought it was time for some reflections on the last four months of our grand tour. Having lived in Sydney for many years, it’s fair ...
A Vienna Shopping List
The duration of most of our stays this year has been two weeks. Apart from our pre-departure preparations for Grantourismo and soiree in Dubai and the days leading up to our launch party in London, only ...
Best Vienna Chocolate Shops for Edible Souvenirs from Austria’s Capital
The best Vienna chocolate shops range from Demel, the former royal court confectioner, loved by Viennese for its decadent chocolates as much as its Sachertorte to Austria’s more innovative, smaller, boutique chocolatiers, such as Tiroler Edl, available ...
Vienna’s Coffeehouse Culture: Going Local vs Playing Tourist
There can be few activities more ‘local’ than spending time lingering over a book or leisurely drinking coffee in a café. Yet too few travellers seem to allow themselves that luxury – the luxury of spending ...
Vintage Vienna
In the streets surrounding our apartment in the Fifth District in Vienna, and across the Linke Wienzeile, the street that runs parallel to the Naschmarkt, in the neighbouring Sixth District, there are literally dozens of ...