A stroll through Stephansplatz

After countless interactions with various local hotspots and an unexplainable absence from any international traveling activities, I visited Vienna over the weekend.

I had been to Vienna for quite a few times, but I had never really observed their lifestyle (which is said to rank as the 3rd best in the world), nightlife (which ISN'T boring, as many might think) and, of course, social media habits. :)

After miles of scouting the city streets, accidentally getting into a very fun private Russian karaoke bar and meeting more Romanians than any other place I've been to, the verdict is: relaxing, everything works like clockwork, classy, very good nightlife (hint: try Phoenix or Passage), and they spend more time on Facebook more than they do on IM apps (and now that there's FB chat...). A very good example would be that after we partied on Saturday night, the pics were up there before I even woke up the next day.

Assumptions: it's going to be a very busy (and, therefore, FUN) summer this year, because the city will be literally infested by football fans from all over Europe. Also, it's a wicked place for a summer school or an internship program (only if you speak German, for the latter).

Hint to all Romanians: Vienna is not uncool because it's fairly accessible by any common means of transportation. Do the whole "old-but-famous-buildings tour" and then try to blend into the very ethnically-diverse crowd and just go with the flow.

Also, I found suddenly leaving the country for the weekend a very good exit strategy for my birthday - getting away from it all is pretty fun on these occasions. :)

And now to test Dopplr's integration with Flickr...