Saturday 14th August 2010
We took a chance and flew from London Gatwick to Vienna via Easyjet. Having heard the horror stories from other people over the years I was somewhat worried it would a nightmare. But we were pleasantly surprised.
Flight EZY5355 took off from Gatwick from Gate 16 45 minutes late, but they kept us informed so it helps. On the flight Sarah and Kayleigh sat in one place, and David and I sat elsewhere. The flight was peppered with David's impression of characters from the high Life TV Show http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Life_(TV_series) with the comment 'oh Deary Me' how annoying! ! ! ! !
Once at Wien Schwechat Airport, we got off the plane and on to the bus to the terminal building. Then through customs and out to the Vienna Airport Lines bus to Wien Westbahnhof. Travelling in we were pretty shocked at the total obliteration of Wien Südbahnhof that we always used to travel from to Klagenfurt.
Once at Westbahnhof, we took the short walk to the Kraml Pension. Rarely would I recommend somewhere to stay, but this holiday showed us how great some places arehttp://www.pensionkraml.at/EN/index.html . The Kraml is perfectly placed and is very well run by a lovely family.
We took a chance and flew from London Gatwick to Vienna via Easyjet. Having heard the horror stories from other people over the years I was somewhat worried it would a nightmare. But we were pleasantly surprised.
Flight EZY5355 took off from Gatwick from Gate 16 45 minutes late, but they kept us informed so it helps. On the flight Sarah and Kayleigh sat in one place, and David and I sat elsewhere. The flight was peppered with David's impression of characters from the high Life TV Show http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Life_(TV_series) with the comment 'oh Deary Me' how annoying! ! ! ! !
Once at Wien Schwechat Airport, we got off the plane and on to the bus to the terminal building. Then through customs and out to the Vienna Airport Lines bus to Wien Westbahnhof. Travelling in we were pretty shocked at the total obliteration of Wien Südbahnhof that we always used to travel from to Klagenfurt.Once at Westbahnhof, we took the short walk to the Kraml Pension. Rarely would I recommend somewhere to stay, but this holiday showed us how great some places arehttp://www.pensionkraml.at/EN/index.html . The Kraml is perfectly placed and is very well run by a lovely family.
Once checked in and in to our room we were all a little tired, but in true tradition we didn't want to waste a moment. On Otto Bauer Gasse is the Schnitzelhaus, so in we went and a nice meal was had by all.
We walked up to the Westbahnhof again to get the national timetable, and have a look about. The station, once lovely by modern standards, is now a building site.
By 7pm, we were all unpacked and and by 9pm we were all in bed and almost asleep.
Day 1 will be about our first day in Vienna and is coming soon.
