Arrival in Vienna
We arrived in Vienna on our overnight train a couple hours ago, and made our way to our hotel on the underground. The train ride was pretty good considering that we shared a tiny little compartment with 3 Korean high school students and their teacher (thank God for the teacher or we may have been up all night). 
Cochette service has improved since Carrie last went to Europe and we were happy to recieve a free yummy Austrian breakfast on the train (a roll and some butter). We also got clean sheets and one pillow to share. The worst part of the train was the bathrooms which were so yucky and stinky! They did not empty onto the tracks, but it seemed that men were empying themselves onto the floors!
Anyway, we finally got to Vienna after about 12 hours. The metro service here is excellent, and our hotel seems REALLY fancy although we have not seen our room since we got here so early.
Upon arrival at the hotel, they informed us that we would have to wait for a room at "our rate" to be ready. Carrie was annoyed and said that they could just go ahead and upgrade us to a room that was already ready. We then discovered that they had already upgraded us up to a luxury suite and that is what we are waiting for. We decide
d the wait would be worth it!
(For those who do not know the story - Jim got a lot of hotel points and Gold preferred guest status when he travelled a lot with Deloitte, so we are getting a $400 or so room for $60!)
Now we are off to find some Austrian munchies and visit a music museum before coming back and checking in.
Cochette service has improved since Carrie last went to Europe and we were happy to recieve a free yummy Austrian breakfast on the train (a roll and some butter). We also got clean sheets and one pillow to share. The worst part of the train was the bathrooms which were so yucky and stinky! They did not empty onto the tracks, but it seemed that men were empying themselves onto the floors!
Anyway, we finally got to Vienna after about 12 hours. The metro service here is excellent, and our hotel seems REALLY fancy although we have not seen our room since we got here so early.
Upon arrival at the hotel, they informed us that we would have to wait for a room at "our rate" to be ready. Carrie was annoyed and said that they could just go ahead and upgrade us to a room that was already ready. We then discovered that they had already upgraded us up to a luxury suite and that is what we are waiting for. We decide
d the wait would be worth it!(For those who do not know the story - Jim got a lot of hotel points and Gold preferred guest status when he travelled a lot with Deloitte, so we are getting a $400 or so room for $60!)
Now we are off to find some Austrian munchies and visit a music museum before coming back and checking in.
posted by Behavior Analyst | 1:55 AM
3 Comments:
Hi Carrie, It was fun to talk to you on the phone this morning. Did your luxury room turn out to be worth the wait? It sound like you and Jim are really intrepid adventurers. Can't wait to see your photos. ky
The room sounds worth the wait. Have you had any Sacher tort yet. There is some interesting football news (college). We're going to try a phone call at 8:00 PM your time.
We did not have Sacher tort in Vienna yet, though Carrie tried some in Rome. It was soaked in some sort of liquor and not very good! We will try again tomorrow I think.
Carrie did get a chocolate petit four (sp) today and was in heaven.
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