As with every other trip, we wanted to take day three as a more relaxed one. We started off day three pretty much like day two with the nice breakfast. We packed up our luggage, checked out of our hotel and headed on towards the two things on the agenda today, Grinzing and Naschmarkt.
Grinzing was the first stop. This little village style suburb on the outskirts of Vienna still retains the charm of the old Austria. It was a 45 minute fun ride by the tram to get to Grinzing.
The old style tram only added to the charm. This area still has the houses structured very much in the traditional Austrian style. Of course these houses have been turned into little shops, restaurants or cafes. Situated on sort of a top of a hill, this place was very beautiful to walk around in. A nice walk and a coffee later, we were on our way back to the city to our next stop, the Naschmarkt.
Naschmarkt loosely translates to Nibbles Market. Just south of central Vienna, this market is a long street lined with little speciality shops and cafes. The shops offer fresh fruit and vegetables from around the world, exotic spices, meat, fish and ecological foods and the cafes serve everything from traditional Viennese food to amazing desserts. Bargaining is the rule of the land here and the fittest survive. Saturdays are supposed to be really crowded and buzing with people. We went on a Monday :-).Saying our goodbye to Vienna was pretty hard. On the whole this city has a lot to offer to anyone, no matter what their interests are. Everything from a great cultural and cullinary experience to easy access to the fantastic alps for the nature or outdoorsy types. Hopefully we will be back one day to see more of Austria.
Oh! just to make sure: Austrian airlines have the best food and service I have experienced in Europe. In a time with Alitalia wouldn't serve water to save money and frown to save energy, both amazing food and great service is abundantly available on Austrian Airlines.
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