Solo World Travel | Vienna | Christmas Markets
[Laughter] Okay I found my hotel yay when it’s snowing I went from the tropics to snow but at least my hotel is right around the corner from a train station so that’s cool right I feel like we are on round seven eight eight oh oh okay right here this one in
Here all right here we go is really cute you know I like the little Moxy Rand I woke up like this absolutely for and after 10 the wall benefits such as late check bonus points on stay and more membership is free and full of uned travel possibilities it’s really funky there’s a whole
Like section over there though don’t know know what you supposed to do for all of this but yeah it is what it is I like the pink that’s cute it’s cute little pink all right well we made it stop eat definitely in a totally new world now trying to find my first Christmas
Market maybe this was a bad idea there [Laughter] [Applause] [Applause] I guess this is how you can tell you’re on the right track all of a sudden it got real crowdy it’s beautiful look at that amazing I think I found my first Market it’s over there so we’re going to go that way the architecture here is amazing look at this I have officially
Found my first Christmas Market this one is cred very cred yet but it’s pretty cool are pretty oh my gosh so I figed out the secret to these markets you walk around shut up and then we get really really cold you duck into one of the one of the buildings one of
The shops and worn back up it’s still s I’m on the back end of that beautiful cathedral can you see that thing is amazing so pretty and I don’t know if you guys can hear me or not but I think I’m going to go back to my hotel and warm up it’s
Freezing it’s freezing and it’s crowded oh my gosh yes it’s freezing and it’s c I don’t know where they’re getting these mugs from I wanted to get a mug I have no idea where they’re getting them from though have to figure that part out but I made it to my first Christmas
Market yay and I already got souvenirs I got magnets in the cute little store with the with the Austrian nanas they were cracking me up so I got magnets and I got penss for my apron I don’t know I might walk back through I don’t know going down the
Lights are coming out so it’s going to be pretty it’s just cold all right I’m not say I’m here for the market but wow you’re just amazing look at that just give you some idea how big it is there it’s beautiful okay right across from the Magnificent Cathedral is a TW story souvenir
Shop there a souvenir shop S luggage tote bag everything in here I think they have doggy things in the corner [Laughter] Too [Applause] [Applause] Hey guys hey good morning it’s my last morning here in Vienna to remember where it was and the sun is out the sun is out it’s not snowing it’s not raining the sun is out I just just had a lazy morning I got up I went downstairs I had
A cup of coffee brought it back up to my room cuz I had some stuff I just I wanted to do and kind of catch up on my finances and all of that um while I’m out and about and uh answer a couple emails text messages you know the normal
Stuff but today I’m going to bundled up I got on two pair of socks I’m in to wrap up really good cuz we’re going to stay out we’re going to go out we’re going to stay out until the lights come on and we’re going to hit the biggest Mark is here biggest Market
Here in Vienna I think it’s in front of City Hall don’t quote me on that I finally figured out how to work this this city walks map thing so that it’ll tell you where to actually find the market that’s a whole another conversation y’all it shows up on the on
The map as a tree the city walks uh thing it shows up as a tree but then you can’t really find where it is in that area I think I figured it out though I think I figured it out we going we going to we going to see if I have it figured
Out today so I’m about to um get all my stuff together figure out what I’m going to take with me I got my stuff hanging up in the back that’s a whole another conversation I guess we’ll have on the recap or maybe future editing me will
Come in and tell you about the Heat and the room switch that almost was other than that that’s it that’s it here let me show you guys the sun is out look look look yay but I think it’s it’s still very cold so I’m going bundle up and
Let’s go see some more Christmas Markets person it’s freaking freeing I think we found it All right guys with that I think our Market indiiana is going to come to a close uh that spice will sneak up on you it’s good it’s very very good but it will sneak up on you I’m going to go find my train station and go back to my
Hotel um there’s the market behind me and I do have a pretzel fella pretzel so we’re going to eat that tonight warm up put the heater on hail cuz I’m freezing VI know was great wandering around the streets of Vienna Christmas time not a bad way to spend a couple days
All righty let me get out of here put my glove back On Okay y’all made it back I’m frozen I’m happy though but I’m frozen let me tell you I’m going take these shoes off oh and my body warm up I don’t know how many steps I’ve done today but shoes are coming off um it was cool my first Christmas Market it was
Or should I say Mar kets with an S cuz I did like four four of them I think um they are really cool I it’s like it’s like a big flea market with nothing but Christmas stuff and Christmas lights and Christmas carols I even heard Mariah Carey um and I heard wh
Oh I I love Christmas Christmas is one of my favorite holidays not because of the hustle and bustle or whatnot but it just always seems to put people in good in a good mood and I know the holidays are not good for everybody sometimes it’s they’re really tough for people and
I get that I I understand that um it’s just that I think sometimes or a lot of times the holidays do put people in good spirits and they want to be in good spirits and that makes a big difference so I think that’s why I like
It so much and because it was personally it was a time where I spent a lot of time with my grandma I’m sorry I’m trying to get you guys comfortable I’m trying to get myself comfortable I spent a lot of time with my granny and we would bake cakes and
Talk and do all the things from Thanksgiving to Christmas so I think that’s also why it holds special place in my heart for me cuz it was always a good time in my life um yeah yeah so I’m glad I came I I felt really nostalgic to kind of
Wander through the streets of Europe during Christmas it’s really cool it’s really cool the lights are out the HSE drawn carriages are out I know some people don’t like it I get it uh but I am sitting here all folded up in the corner and I have to get up very early
Because my flight tomorrow is at 6:55 in the morning and we’re going to hit up another Christmas Market I don’t know how many are there I need to look it up we’re going to hit up another Christmas Market before we go back and then we’re going to go back to the United States
Then my my whole month is over my world win holiday birthday month is over w w I kind of want to go back home and I kind of don’t I have mixed feelings on it I really really mixed feelings on it so there’s that but for now we’re going to heat up
We’re going to um unth and get this room heated up so that I can take a a hot shower oh the the hot spiced wine I can’t pronounce it the booth I went to she was looking at me like I don’t know what you’re talking about I don’t speak English and then the
Other girl was like I speak English I just can’t hear you cuz are all wrapped up it was crazy it was crazy I just wanted some warm spiced wine somebody tell me how to pronounce it is it GL glin gluin GL I don’t know look I’ve been through
Nine country eight countries in eight different languages I I don’t know at this point somebody who speaks German send me a message email me let me know how to pronounce it so next year I won’t look like a tourist please pleas said thank you okay I’ve been talking for 4 minutes
And 58 seconds so I’m going to finish on thwing take a shower uh download some things off of my phone because my phone’s memory is full and I’m having to keep downloading things off of it because I’ve put so much so much on there in the past 4
Weeks I need to check in with my family and that’s it that’s it oh and the spiced wine is very good oh it’s really good it’s kind of like a red wine but the spices Make It Sweet and it’s warm so it warms you up but it’ll sneak up on you though cuz
You get like a whole mug of it it’ll sneak up on you yeah just FYI after that I’m going to um that’s it I’m G to stop talking can you tell the wine stick up on me too I’ll talk to you later bye good early morning early early
Morning it’s about 3:45 350 I am packing up getting ready to head out to my last destination everything is pretty much packed up I’m going to do my final sweep all my bags are behind me I need to put my coat and my jacket on because I know it’s cold out
Side and that’s it my first Market sorry my first visit to the Vienna Christmas markets are officially over so I’m going to pack up run downstairs because the trains that I took in here to town are not running this early so I have to take an Uber because there are I think there’s
Like one bus or something that’s running but I’m not not sure how to catch it I’m not sure where it is I did foolishly think that the City Airport train would be running 24 hours and I don’t think it does it doesn’t run until 600 and my flight is at
6:55 note to S I should have taken the later flight because there are seats open but I don’t like to change it I always like to take the First Flight of the day so I am doing my final sweep make sure I got all of my stuff
And we’re going to head out we’re going to go to our final destination on this whole I like to call him my prince hidden Run Tour so our final destination it’s going to be one more Christmas Market we’re headed to Germany we’re going to go to
Munich and yep I’m going take you with me so I’m going to get packed up head downstairs put in for my Uber and we going to leave bye Vienna you are so pretty come on guys let’s go to Germany He
Vienna was stop #8
Vienna was another destination that was not on my radar at all. A few co-workers suggested that I visit the city and check out the Christmas Markets.
It was my first time ever going to a Christmas Market. They are a little hard to find if you’re new to the markets. Vienna was a wonderful experience.
It is probably my new favorite European city.
What do you think about Vienna?
Where should I go next?
Any countries I need to put on my list?
Stay tuned….this is going to be another fun adventure.
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