We arrived in Vienna and found our way to our hostel, helping two guys from Malaysia along the way.
That night we cooked dinner and went to bed. We decided to give ourselves the next day off because I was feeling very tired. Lindsay and I hung around the hostel using the internet and doing some much needed washing. That night I realised I was alternating between freezing cold and boiling hot. I tossed and I turned and I ached all over. I was sick! I took some paracetamol to try and reduce my fever which helped and I managed to get some sleep. By the time Lindsay woke up I was well and truly sick. He was great, he went down to the reception and asked them for a private room. An 8 bed dorm room isn’t the best place to be sick.
Lindsay carried both our giant backpacks and our daypacks over to our new room. We had our own bathroom and a lovely double bed and a door opening out over a non-smoking garden. I went straight to sleep and slept all day. The next day I was still way too sick to leave our room. Lindsay brought me food, went to the shops and bought groceries. He looked after me and sat with me when it hurt to much to even sleep. He was wonderful! I fell sick on a Wednesday and it was not until the Sunday that I was well enough to venture outside! I had no idea that so much time had passed, for me it felt like only 2 days.
Once I was well enough to leave our little hospital ward we started easing me into some sightseeing.
We bought a travel pass, nurse Lindsay had decided that I didn’t have the strength and energy to do lots of walking. He is so clever. Being in Austria we decided to have sausages! In rolls! Otherwise known as Hotdogs! or Sausage Rolls! (I am so busted for my overuse of exclamation marks!!!)!!!
We had been keen to try some authentic Austrian fast food for a while
I however made the hot dogs kiss, ate about 1/3 of mine before handing it over to Lindsay to finish off for me.
We walked a little more and I made a new friend who gave me a high-five for recovery, which is similar to the high-five for affection that Lindsay and I had implemented to avoid him getting sick.
I am the one of the left, I know its difficult to tell because the cherubs are almost as pale as I am. If you zoom in you can’t even see any freckles on my face! Thats how sick I was!
My 2nd day free of illness we went to Hundertwasserhaus it was very interesting and quite quirky!
all different colours, and mosaics, and interesting building materials.
each resident has written into their lease contract that they can decorate around the outside of their windows as far they they can reach. This adds to the unique look of the building.
That night back at the hostel there as a group of young aussie guys sitting around the bar. Each of them were introducing themselves and saying where they were from. They got to the last guy who said he was from Tasmania. There was an awkward silence and then everybody laughed!
Our last day in Vienna we got up extra early…like 9am o_O!
We caught a tram to the Summer Palace 
We went on an audio guide tour inside the palace and learnt about the past Austrian royalty.
After the tour we walked up through the gardens to a labyrinth garden. We completed the maze
and then went an checked out all the fun things they had to play with
as you rocked on this one water was sprayed into the air
This one was a giant glockenspiel
Lindsay by this stage was having so much fun, he was like a kid in a candy store!
Each time he found something cool to play on he would thrust the camera bag at me and run towards the next exciting thing
It was really hot, and one attraction was a water thing…that you pushed down on a handle and water would shoot into the air. Lindsay and I had a water fight and got completely soaked. It was so much fun!
Next up we had a look at this amazingly beautiful fountain
where I showed off my spitting abilities
We then walked up the hill to the Gloriette
from where we could admire this amazing view over Vienna
Then we spent another hour or so wandering around the massive gardens looking at all the fountains
Lindsay wanted to jump on the other end of this plank of wood sending the poor sleeping duck flying!
This was my favourite fountain
despite the fact that she is riding a giant duck and has tendrils instead of feet I thought the woman looks so beautiful and normal with her flabby thighs and tummy!
This fountain was built to look like roman ruins,
its supposed to look that way
this one was interesting
with the giant mouth spewing water…
We took one last look at the Palace
then head in the direction of our next musuem, the HausDerMusik
Lindsay said it was a museum about music and I was already bored, he then said it was about composers and I offered to wait in the cafe for him while he went inside. But he convinced me to come with him and I am so glad he did. It is without doubt the best museum I have ever been to and I am not really that interested in music! There was a whole section about sound, and how we hear and interpret sounds. It was all very hands on and informative. It was open until 10pm, and we were probably one of the last people to leave!
The next morning we got up extra extra early, 5.45am! and made our way to the train station to catch our train to Croatia.
We were so tired that we soon fell asleep. Here I am demonstrating sleep
Our train trip took us through Hungary.
Look a Hungary field with Hungary houses
A Hungary van and Hungary train station
and last but not least a hungry Lindsay
At one stage the train stopped at 3 immigration officers and 3 customs officers came aboard the train, from Hungry, Austria and Croatia. It was confusing because we didn’t realise they were from 3 different countries and we asked to show our passports 3 times! Then the customs officers asked us 3 times if we had anything to declare. Being a good Aussie I showed them all the food we had, they gave me a weird look and said no, “alcohol or cigarettes” Turns out you don’t need to declare food…oops!
Next up, Croatia.