As all of you know (and the ones who don’t click here) while on vacation in Ios with my friends Pat and C we met a group of Americans/Brazilians and had a fun day/night with them. Now one of the girls just lives around the corner, in Milan to be precise, and she came to see us last weekend.
We started the evening at Mari’s 25h Hotel which had the advantage of a great location, great food and an amazing rooftop bar.
The perfect spot to begin especially with this theme. After dinner we moved up to the rooftop to enjoy the view and a drink before moving on to another party. While taking the elevator up we tried our hand on a group selfie. I like these ones best since we all made it on the picture in one way or another.
The car ride to the party was thankfully uneventful but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. The picture is just from the back row.
The party then turned out to be a mad house. It’s always astonishing how small Vienna is and who knows whom and whom you meet when you least expect it.
Since Mari hadn’t any breakfast booked we had free rein on taking her to our favorite spots. Nothing beats a Saturday morning breakfast at the Naschmarkt Deli. And the weather god was with us as well since it didn’t rain.
After boosting our system with a hearty breakfast we made our way into town for a small sightseeing tour. Meet the bunny in front of the opera house and then take a look inside the Hotel Sacher.
From the Sacher we walked through the Burggarten,
passed the Hofburg and ended up in front of the Demel. Here we took a closer look at the open kitchen and the various deserts.
And one more, just for Fay and Robert.
Mari ended up buying Christmas cookies and not this little boot stuffer for Saint Nicholas.
When we reached the Meinl am Graben I suggested a short pit stop to refuel.
After a walk on the Graben and passing St. Stephen’s Cathedral
we finally reached the destination for the afternoon. Café Diglas at Fleischmarkt is small and homely and has amazing cakes (and it was Fay and Robert who told me about this place first) And this is what we had.
After the sugar shock it was time to go home, relax and recharge the batteries for the rest of the evening. We had another night around town planned and for this we needed to dress up. We met for dinner at the Plachutta Oper which was ok. It was good but far from great and sometimes I think it is more for tourists.
Never mind from there we moved on to Roberto’s for a quick drink which turned out to be bit longer. In the end we left the place to go home instead to another party location.
So it was great that the next day we met only at 11am for breakfast. Gave all of us a chance to catch up on sleep and revive our “doused” spirits. We tried a relatively new place called Kussmaul (I will have an extra post on this one).
After breakfast it was already time to say goodbye for some of us since C had to go back the office while we girls were off to Schönbrunn. It was a gorgeous day with sunshine and blue sky, perfect weather for a stroll on the castle grounds.
And then we had to go back already to the hotel. One last coffee at Lieblingsflohmarkt which was held at 25h Hotel that day and then outside to wait for the airport cab. Which took its time, and its time, and its time. Actually it never arrived but another airport cab was waiting for its passenger, so Mari got lucky and could take that one. Our goodbyes were a bit more stressed than we had hoped, nevertheless Mari reached the airport on time and made her flight. I had to spend the rest of the afternoon and evening on the couch, exhausted from sightseeing and partying. In the end what matter is that we had a great time. Which definitely calls for a repeat performance.
Yours, Pollybert
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