{"id":311,"date":"2009-07-12T22:11:39","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T09:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/?p=311"},"modified":"2009-10-28T18:12:12","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T17:12:12","slug":"vip-tours-around-vienna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/?p=311","title":{"rendered":"VIP Tours around Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a full day to kill around Vienna, arranged to meet up with my friend Ren\u00e9 who was kind enough to show myself and Peter around the various sights and history of the magnificent city.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1167.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1167-s.jpg\" alt=\"Donauturm\" height=\"267\" title=\"Donauturm\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDonauturm Park<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1198.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1198-s.jpg\" alt=\"Vibrant Flower\" height=\"267\" title=\"Vibrant Flower\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1199.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1199-s.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRen\u00e9 borrowing my Canon 17-40L lens + Lee filter setup<br \/>\n(And his new 5D II)<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1216.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1216-s.jpg\" alt=\"View from Donauturm Tower\" height=\"267\" title=\"View from Donauturm Tower\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOverlooking Vienna from up the Donauturm tower<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1313.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1313-s.jpg\" alt=\"Tour of Austraia 2009\" height=\"267\" title=\"Tour of Austraia 2009\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOur trip into the city also coincided with the Tour of Austria, final leg.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1402.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1402-s.jpg\" alt=\"Tour of Austraia 2009\" height=\"267\" title=\"Tour of Austraia 2009\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1443.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1443-s.jpg\" alt=\"Tour of Austraia 2009\" height=\"267\" title=\"Tour of Austraia 2009\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1512.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1512-s.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the afternoon, we visited the Schnapps museum for some exciting alcoholic beverage tasting, including gold leafed Schapps, and some stronger Absinthe.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1570.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1570-s.jpg\" alt=\"Schnapps Museum, Vienna\" height=\"267\" title=\"Schnapps Museum, Vienna\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnn about to take a milky Schnapps shot<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1595.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1595-s.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGrant showing the after taste effects from the hot chili Schnapps!<\/p>\n<p>Following the milky drinks, Ren\u00e9 and his partner Anja took me along to the Danube River for sunset. The Danube is famous for being the only river to pass through four major cities, and also the second longest in Europe, spanning ten countries!<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1615.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1615-s.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLong grass alongside the river&#8230; and as I figured out, a haven for mosquitos.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1620.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1620-s.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnja, also wasn&#8217;t safe from those nasty mosquitos<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1652.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1652-s.jpg\" alt=\"Danube Vienna Sunset\" title=\"Danube Vienna Sunset\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTwilight over the Danube, with the Donauturm tower<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1645.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1645-s.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCandid with the 85L in very low light &#8211; ISO 3200, F1.8<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1655.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/EUR_1655-s.jpg\" alt=\"Danube River, Vienna at Night\" height=\"267\" title=\"Danube River, Vienna at Night\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A massive thanks to Ren\u00e9 and Anja for the tour of the city, and following drinks alongside this grand river.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.renehajek.at\">http:\/\/www.renehajek.at<\/a><br \/>\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=warrenwilliams\" class=\"addthis_button\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" height=\"16\" style=\"border: 0px\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js#pub=warrenwilliams\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a full day to kill around Vienna, arranged to meet up with my friend Ren\u00e9 who was kind enough to show myself and Peter around the various sights and history of the magnificent city. Donauturm Park Ren\u00e9 borrowing my Canon 17-40L lens + Lee filter setup (And his new 5D II) Overlooking Vienna from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-landscape","category-people","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}