Vienna Part II
We really fancied some Japanese one night – Cath spotted a restaurant called Japanese Restaurant. A most original name. The food was deliciousss. In fact, all the food we had in Vienna was fab.
I had chicken teriyaki. MMM.
Sev then took us to a pub
Candle action (sorry Brandy, I know the light isn’t the most flattering, but it’s still funky!)
I tried some Jagermeister here. I’m not really into strong alcohol – I usually prefer alcoholic drinks that don’t taste of alcohol, but this was surprisingly nice ¬__¬ This is me trying it, courtesy of Sev 
Go check out his blog for more pics.
Funky tights eh? I’m proud of this shot actually – it’s one of the few hipshots where I’ve managed to aim correctly.
Brandy donning the granny look – sexy!
The next morning we ventured out for breakfast and had…
..a hot chocolate, some kind of yummy dessert, salami and mozzarella paninis, orange juice, and a Long Island iced tea. Yeah.
We’d seen this piece of paper somewhere else the night before and here it was again..
I think we were staying in a Jewish district – there were a lot of them around
I took some of a Jewish family one night but I must have been using the incorrect settings (as usual grr) so they came out all blurry. Ah well.
We went to Museumsquartier and to the Mumok Museum. There were some cool exhibitions in there including a very odd one that featured some, er, disturbing images to say the least! We couldn’t take pictures in there so here is a shot of the pretty lift.
That night Miriam suggested we go a Mexican place called Maredo. Again, the food was lovely – great choice Miriam!
Rarrrr
Back at the station, some old man..
Poor guy – he got snapped by me, James and Sev all at the same time, yet didn’t seem to notice.. that’s the thing about a lot of Viennese people. They just don’t seem to realise that people are taking their picture, and if they do, they don’t really seem to care. We need more of them in London.
Wee
That night Sev took James and myself to the darkroom to develop our pictures. It was a very cool little place.
He was really focused on what he was doing, and he explained all the different processes, which I promptly forgot, but which was still interesting nonetheless!
I can see why people develop their own pictures – aside from being much cheaper, it’s quite exciting seeing it all done yourself.
The spool that had my film in came undone during developing, which has apparently never happened to Sev before in all the time he’s been developing pictures – trust that to happen eh! They still came out well I thought, although he reckoned they were rubbish :P Bernhard joined us later and he had a look at my camera – it turns out I’d actually used the M90 setting the entire time which meant the contrast wasn’t perfect. When I looked at the negs, I personally thought they looked fine! These guys are too fussy with their stuff 
I’m going to get the negs printed so I’ll post them in my next blog and you can see for yourself!
The next day, Brandy, Eva, James and I went to Bratislava for the day. I had printed out a list of Slovakian phrases including:
hrachova polievka (pea soup)
vsetko najlepsie k narodeninam (happy birthday)
Being the ditz that I am, I forgot these in the hotel so I never got a chance to use them 
Train window view
Eva, pronounced Ay-va. Get it right.
Pink lady
Pink lady awakes and plays with pink phone
We had to pay 4 Slovakian Korunas to use the toilets at the station. That’s around 10p. Only after paying do you get given some toilet paper. The toilets were odd – they were really old and dingy and yet there were automatic taps. Very strange.
Not a whole lot happens in Bratislava. We went to a market
..and one of these shops
Hot stuff
Look – they have a Tescos! How random.
I bought some of this stuff, whatever it was. Yum.
Their toilet paper is called..
It’s odd how they sell them individually.
We decided to get Sev a mug with our faces on, so he can see us each morning and remember what wonderful people we are!
Back at the station heading back to Vienna
We tried some chocolate and banana bubble gum that we bought in Tescos. It was delicious, as you can see!
A policeman was approaching us on the train to check tickets/passports
He came over, shook his finger at me, and said ‘Photo? No, no’. I couldn’t tell whether he was joking or not. Oh well! I still love the above shot.
Back in Vienna
Eva taking a picture of some interesting graffiti. Can you make out what it is?
I love this one
These two dogs had me in stitches
It was so funny seeing them walk around like that.
YEAH.
Watch this space for Part III..
I’m back from Viennaaa – land of the schnitzel, the best trains ever, more dogs per square mile than anywhere else, lots of old senile people who mumble to themselves, and many, many weirdos.
I thought London has strange people, but in Vienna there are more. The only difference is, while London weirdos are more likely to stab you, Viennese weirdos are quite harmless, which is great!
Our airport sleepover was an interesting experience, although I didn’t really manage to get much sleep. Brandy did though.
So I took a walk taking pictures of random sleepers.
I took this shot from where we were sitting. At the time of taking it I didn’t notice the guy waving. Well, I say waving but it looks like he’s really saying ‘Don’t take my fucking picture you weirdo’.
Our plane to Bratislava was very inviting.
I took some film shots out of the window. Considering I’d used the wrong settings on it for the entire trip (more on that later) I think they came out pretty well!
Nikon EM, Superia 200
Bratislava looks interesting, doesn’t it?
When we landed, we took the train from there to Vienna. Buying the tickets was an amusing experience. People don’t really speak English in Bratislava, so after some slow, loud speaking, and big arm gestures, we managed to get what we needed. It’s strange though – a return ticket costs half the price of a one-way ticket.. not sure why that is. James got shouted at by the ticket person as well which was quite hilarious. He was all scared, like a wittle girl. Haha
The train was fab – it was one of those super old-fashioned ones with separate ‘rooms’ and curtains.
Haha what a view..
The toilet was absolutely disgusting though. Yuck, yuck. My shot of it came out rubbish but I’ll post the one James took when it’s up.
Where there’s a mirror, there’s an obligatory self-portrait
I don’t like making fun of the slightly larger members of our species, but really and truly..
She swished all the way past us.
James and I went out into the corridor to check out the train and we saw her in the next compartment munching away on some crisps. She saw our cameras and quickly hid her food. I thought it’d be a tad insensitive to take a picture of her then, but I actually wish I had!
My first impression of Vienna – the trains.. amazing! I wish we had trains like that in London.
Wieselll
The stations even have cool names like Kettenbruckengasse. Say it. Kettenbruckengasse. Love it.
They have these knobs that magazines hang off – see how clever these Viennese designers are? The London tube doesn’t cater for us like that!
You don’t even really need a ticket – there’s nothing to swipe in or out and I didn’t see any inspectors. No one cares! It’s great.
Finding our hotel was a bit of a mission, mainly because James is rubbish with directions and thought his navigation map thingy on his mobile phone was actually worth relying on. Old fashioned maps are the way forward I tell you! So while we tried to figure out where we were, I took some shots of the surroundings.
Cute Viennese graffiti
Funky Viennese graffiti
Doggies snogging
Lonely doggy
Pretty Viennese walls
After asking a few people for directions, we finally found the hotel. The lift was funky.
We met up with Sev and Miriam for Chinese dinner at this dinky little restaurant, and then with some others in a place called Centimetre III, where you pay for some food per centimetre – clever concept. Kinda.
Marcus
Arno – we did the waltz together I’m in Vienna – it had to be done!
Lonely guy at the bar. Yeah, it hasn’t come out well but I still like it.. I can ‘feel’ the atmosphere.
The next day we met up with some others and went around the city. I stupidly forgot the digital camera battery in the hotel room so had to make do with the film cam 
Ilford XP2, Nikon EM
Porn is big in Vienna. It’s advertised around the city quite openly.
They even sell porn magazines next to toy shops
Unless they have a different concept of sex toys over there.. hm.
Miriam – she has the best facial expressions 
I don’t remember taking this shot so I guess James did. My camera went around a lot that day ¬__¬
Sev took this one
I think James took this one of me ¬__¬
He also took this one of some old man doing something
We walked through Naschmarkt, a bustling market with lots of character
That’s one big jack fruit 
although my mum says that’s actually small compared to the ones they used to get in Africa.
We bought some kind of fish from here – quite delicious, although very greasy and messy.
Pig-shaped bread! How cool is that? I asked how much it is, but apparently I needed to order it a day in advance. Booo.
Super giant dog
After I took this some lady came up to me and started babbling. I had no idea what she was saying so I just said ‘big dog!’ and she carried on mumbling. People love mumbling in Vienna. It’s a city of mumblers.
Random signs
More dogs
This next one is very underexposed.. I’m surprised more didn’t turn out like this with the damn settings I was using
We went to a supermarket and bought..
Mmm prawn crackers.
We also went to a theme park later that day, and I took more shots on another roll of film that I need to scan, so more from that later.
Back to the hotel and back to digital!
Sev joined us
That’s all for now – more to come soon..
