Trave(b)log: Vienna 17/Sep/2005

Arrived Saturday at Vienna airport Saturday morning. We were about about 30 minutes late due to a flight delay. By the time I got to Camping Wien West, reception was closed, so I had to wait until 3pm for them to return. If I had known where to go, I would have pitched my tent while I waited.

After I setup camp, I met Julian ("Jules") Jacklin and Jeremy Roussel, who had already setup nearby. Jules and Jeremy are friends from Australia (Jeremy hails from New Zealand) who are traveling the world for a year. I met them just after they had returned from downtown buying some gear for Jeremy. (I broke a piece of that gear while helping them move it the next day). They suggested that we go to the Wien Mitte for the pub in the evening.

Pictured (l-r): Tim's, Jules', and Jeremy's tents

Walked down Hüttelbergstrasse to the shopping area to get some groceries, but got there about 15 minutes too late. It seems everything closes at 5pm on Saturdays (which I should have remembered from Darmstadt). So I continued walking down toward and beyond the U-bahn station. Probably about 3 or 4 miles of walking by the time I got back, so not too bad.

After I got back I was pretty tired. I had been awake (with just a few bits of napping on the planes) for about 30 hours and I hadn't slept very much the night before. I decided to have some dinner at the campsite cafeteria and forgo the visit to the downtown with J & J. After dinner I stayed in my warm tent for some much needed sleep. I woke up a few times during the night, but got a good eight hours of sleeping in.