In early 2010, I embarked on a two-week trip through Central Europe. To date, it is one of my most memorable trips. This post is a part of a series of posts from that backpacking trip through Central Europe. 

Vienna, even the name has a classical ring to it.

After saying goodbye to Budapest, I continued with my Central Europe journey to the capital of Austria. Home to the once glorious Habsburg empire, Vienna is the center of world-class museums and classical music. The city is clean and fresh, with a skyscraper-free and pedestrian-friendly city center. I escaped from the cold Austrian winter by spending most of my time inside the city's myriad of museums. In the evenings, I treated myself to the Opera and saw Vienna's serious opera-goers all dressed up.

On warm(er) days, I window-shopped along Der Graben - the city's most expensive and, therefore, unaffordable shopping street, and watched locals enjoy pastries and coffee over the daily paper in small cafés. Surrounded by culture and class, people here really know how to enjoy life.

Inside Ringstrasse:

A couple admiring statues outside the Habsburg PalaceSpending all my free time in museums
Cruising around street markets when the weather warmed up.
The shopping street at night

The Opera House (day & night, inside)