Business trip to Cologne

My employer sent me to Cologne for education. The course was completed around 4 pm but my return flight was around 8 pm. So I decided to go to the cathedral and with delay (thanks to the light rail traffic) I arrived there. After visiting this really big church I placed myself in the beer garden of one of the local breweries and enjoyed the spring sun as well as some good Koelsch beers.

Culinary event at the girl's birthday

Around Sabine's birthday we went to Burgenland. We spent a night at a five star hotel and restaurant called "Ratsch'n". If angels travel the sun is shining. Spring time at its best. We enjoyed the seven course dinner that was an invitation from Sabine's employer.

On Sunday we promenaded in Rust at Lake Neusiedl and in the afternoon we went back to Vienna.

Styria @ Rathausplatz

Visiting the green heart of Austria! Styrian days took place at the Rathausplatz!

Hej Stockholm!

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. That trip to Stockholm was my birthday present. We left Vienna on Friday morning and from the Stockholm airport we went to the city by train. We decided to walk from the central station to our hotel and that was already sightseeing. We had a coffee at one of the big market halls and checked in our hotel around midday.

In the afternoon we visited the Nationalmuseum, promenaded on Skeppsholmen and Kastellholmen islands an took the ferry to the Vasa Museum. I've been to Stockholm 1989 but one thing I remember well is this impressive ship. The museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th century ship that has ever been salvaged. If you are at Stockholm, you shold visit that.

The next day we spent at picturesque Gamla stan (the old town). We saw the royal castle, the Storkyrkan (the cathedral) as well as the two main streets Österlånggatan und Västerlånggatan. In the evening we had excellent swedish cuisine for dinner. Later that night we went to Stockholm's number one hotel (the Grand Hôtel) for a drink.

On the last day of our short trip we booked a boat trip to the skerry area. Very impressive but also a little bit cold. A walk to the central station :-) marked the endpoint of a beautiful vacation at the so-called 'Venice-of-the-nort'.