Tag Archives: vienna
Things to Do in Vienna for €5 or LESS
This post is exactly what the title would lead you to believe. I’m currently in my favorite European city, hanging out in my hostel’s rooftop bar, thinking about Vienna. This is my seventh time here, and I come up with new things to do every single time. Even though it is, by any standard, quite […]
Travel Plans
I am very much a planning kind of person. (That is possibly the biggest understatement I’ve ever made.) I still have nine months in Austria, then I’m starting a three year grad school program, and I’m already thinking about where I would like to live for my first job as a librarian. (Maybe Florida?) So, […]
Last Minute Travel: Vienna and Budapest
A couple of weeks ago, I was sitting here in my new home in Austria, and the current au pair (the one I’m replacing) said that she and her boyfriend were going to Vienna the next day, and I could ride with them, if I wanted. My first thought was: No way! Tomorrow?!?! I know, I […]
Reverse Itinerary: London
When I worked in the writing center at my college, I would often take people’s paper drafts and make an outline of what they had already written. I found this more useful, sometimes, than an outline before drafting, because this “reverse” outline showed what they had actually written, instead of what they thought they were […]
My Reading List: Austria
Since January, I have been making a concerted effort to read books about Austria–history books, travel books, and the nebulous “general interest” books, all together in a somewhat indiscriminate jumble of Austrian-ness. Now, because my inner scholar/librarian is pushing at me, I’m organizing that jumble into a casual annotated bibliography. If you are interested in […]
How to Design a City for Women
How to Design a City for Women Excellent article about “gender mainstreaming” in Vienna. Basically, if you take women’s needs and opinions into consideration during urban planning, you get a better city for everyone.
10 Things: Vienna
This is the first in a new series of entries, in which I list ten things I want to see or do in various European cities. These lists are not meant to be inclusive or ranked, just a sampling of things I am looking forward to! (All images click through to their sources.) 1. The […]
Adventuring in Austria 