One of my best friends is Austrian so I made a good attempt to represent, failed, LOL!
I flew to Vienna from Varna, Bulgaria on my all you can fly pass on Wizz airlines.
The flight was delayed six hours, and we sat in the Varna airport. The good thing is that European law states we need to be compensated. I made $300 for a $20 flight, hell yeah!
Make sure you understand the laws, so you do not miss out on compensation. It is available in Canada, USA and Europe and wrote a post here to explain the parameters.
Essentially, it has to be outside the airlines controllables so weather will not work which is most of the delays.
Just familiarize yourself with them and do not use a third party to collect as they will take a cut for simply filling in an online form. I will get paid to sit in an airport bar any day, LOL!
I finally arrived in Vienna well after midnight and checked into my Airbnb. It was an overpriced bedroom that only fit the bed and nightstand. I did not mind and slept like a dog for 12 hours.
The problem is that when I woke up, it was time to check out, and the owner wanted $200 for another night as it was a holiday. There was zero chance that was happening, so I found an amazing hostel down the road.
Europe is known for its hostels and people from all age groups use them, but this one was beyond recommendation. It had over a hundred rooms of all types and prices. I spend the first night in a studio for $75 which was over budget. That’s $2300 USD a month for anyone that feels that they need to judge me from first class while I am back here in coach.
The next two nights, I spent in a dorm room for $35 a night. I drank with the owner the last night so sleeping was not a problem even though my bunk mate was from Iraq and appeared shady. I do not like to judge a book by its cover, but I read the Coles / cliff notes about the war.
I pre-walked my route which I normally do with early morning travel, so I was half assed responsible. I needed to be up at crack ass to catch a bus, so I never slept much, so du
Here are some more pictures of Vienna before I left with my tail between my legs. I will be back, guaranteed but I will head up north to the mountains and rethink drinking with those crazy Austrians next time, LOL!
That is the largest train station, amazing menu where I ate twice and how clean it looked on a walking only street.
