{"id":529,"date":"2014-01-07T10:30:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T15:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/?p=529"},"modified":"2017-03-30T00:56:49","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T04:56:49","slug":"my-favorite-things-about-vienna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/2014\/01\/07\/my-favorite-things-about-vienna\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Things About Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I almost missed my flight to Vienna. It was a long time ago, but I believe it had something to do with an irresponsible alarm clock and a crazy hair day.\u00a0All too quickly, I had become the girl who never met a comb or a mirror &#8230; or, if life could be kinder, a hat. But I didn&#8217;t care! I was so high on what travel guides and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/travel\/features\/1237\/20-great-things-to-do-in-vienna\">TimeOut\u00a0<\/a> had sold me. There was just no way I was missing out on this trip.<\/p>\n<p>Glad I didn&#8217;t! I got to the airport right on time to hear the flight attendant <em>butcher<\/em> the pronunciation of my last name as she made her final call for the overly irresponsible flight passengers.<\/p>\n<p>We had only three nights and thousands of things to do, but I won\u2019t bore you to death with endless details. I am just here to share a couple of my favorites.<\/p>\n<h2><b>1.Dessert Heaven<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2060.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-536\" src=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2060-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Gelato by Armenyl\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">2. Food Markets\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_1977.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-535\" src=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_1977-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1977\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">3. A nap in the park.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_1991.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-542\" src=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_1991-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Vienna by Armenyl.com\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_1994.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-543\" src=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_1994-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"laying in the park\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">4.\u00a0Vienna State Opera &#8211;\u00a0Wiener Staatsoper<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-545\" src=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2052-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Wiener Staatsoper - Ballet\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">5. Sigmund Freud Museum (You know I couldn&#8217;t miss this one!)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2086.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-547\" src=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2086-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Freud Museum by Armenyl\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2084.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-548\" src=\"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2084-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Freud Museum by Armenyl\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><em>Other favorites not shown here:<\/em><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Check out\u00a0Gustav Klimt&#8217;s work<\/strong>\u00a0in the Secession, the Burgtheater, the Kunsthistorisches Museum or in the MAK Museum of Applied Arts!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit a vineyard!<\/strong>\u00a0 We just had to try some Viennese Vino. I wish I could remember the address of the cute vineyard we found on the outskirts of town. This website <a title=\"www.heurigenkalender.at\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heurigenkalender.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.heurigenkalender.at<\/a>\u00a0should be able to help you find one!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Animal lover? Visit the world&#8217;s oldest zoo<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Tiergarten\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zoovienna.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tiergarten<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Explore Imperial Vienna at\u00a0<strong>Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace and gardens!<\/strong>\u00a0I just wanted to stay here all day! It&#8217;s absolutely beautiful!<i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I almost missed my flight to Vienna. 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