The big 2-5!!

May 22nd 2010. I turned 25 in style with a good old girls night out with drinks at the Tanzcafe followed by dancing till the sun came up at the Camera Club!

Anna wrote I heart Jem accross her chest in glitter and brought me roses!!!!

The theme was glitz and sparkle and the girls all dressed up in pink and black with glitter to our faces!

Bad weather in Vienna= Visit a museum time, and then the cine...

Vienna has been consumed by torrential and frequent rain this week. Today it just did not stop! So, I took myself to the Wien Museum and had a lovely time looking at paintings and artefacts chanelling the Vienna of times gone by.

I was also captivated by the current exhibition- photographs taken of Vienna by writter Gerhard Roth over the last 20 years. In his pictoral diary of the city he encapsulates behind the scenes at the Imperial Court Archives, the Gugging House of Artists, the Sigmund Freud Museum, the Traiskirchen Refugee Camp and most intrigingly The Tower of Fools- where there are kept specimens in jars of babies born as cyclops, siamese and mermaids (with joined legs). Quite disturbing.

The museum also holds works by Gustav Klimt (see above).

I rounded off the weekend with a trip to the gorgeously old fashioned Burg Kino on the Openring, to see Robin Hood; the legend of whom of course originates in NOTTINGHAM!

From Wien....Outfits of late....

Geek night..

Shirt- Wien Flohmarkt

Tights- Kids section, lingerie shop, Wien

Skirt- (very old) Mango

Pumps- H&M

Rach and I donning black tights, messy hair, and tough boots pre Wien night out!

Im wearing Top- Topshop

Skirt- Ebay

Boots- Dr Martens

Jewllery- Pandora and Thomas Sabo

Pub Quiz night- Anna and I turned up in identikit outfits

My bag- ebay, Anna's- Wien Flohmarkt

My necklace- Swarovski

Rachel, Anna, and I at Popfest 8th May

Im donning my playsuit- Cow Nottingham

Vintage Bag- Backlash, Nottingham

Dorothy and I classily accesorising our outfits with beer!

Shorts- Urban Outfitters

Jacket- Wien Flohmarkt

Shoes- Office

On Duty...

Dress- Topshop

Shoes- Oulet store, Wien

Classy girls!

Wearing my Katie Perry style playsuit- Wien Flohmarkt

'Dolly' Necklace- Topshop

Returning from the Flohmarkt with a basket of goodies...

I wore shorts- Urban Outfitters

Sweat Top- Uniqlo

Top (see below)- H&M

Earrings- Mikey

Sunday Ciname (to see a Single Man)

Shirt- Zara

Dress- H&M

Levis belt- Wien Flohmakt

Tights- M&S

In the toilets at Fluc wearing my H&M hairband, and various Jewellery pieces.

Attempting classy at Brut with 3 euro sparkling vino!

Wearing cream shirt- second hand shop, Bilbao

Jewellery- Mikey and Argento

Brunch the next afternoon- same shirt, Annas top, my 50 cent flohmarkt wash bag used as a clutch.

Daytrip to Melk 13th May- Wearing a traveller outfit of:

Trousers- Topshop

Pumps- Wien Flohmarkt

Backpack- Second hand shop- Wien

Another Saturday, another Flohmarkt return...

Wearing grey cardi purchased that day from the floh for 1.50 eurosTights- Calzedonia (kids section)

Pumps- another Wien flohmarkt bargain (75 cents!)

Falling irrevocably and unconditionally in love................... with VIENNA!!!

During my first 6 weeks in Vienna before Easter I was quite homesick, however on my return I have begun to fall in love with the place!!! I have met some amazing amazing girls here and with my friend Dorothy coming to stay 29th April- 3rd May and the sun shining many fun times have been had this past week!

29th April, Dorothy arrives and I immediately acquaint her with Viennese cafe life with a coffee and cake at the airport. That evening we head to the MuseumsQuartier (MQ) where an open air concert kicked off the summer season for the area. We drank beer at the arsch bar, and sat in the middle of the square amongst hundreds of other revellers.

The arsch/ rectum bar, which is in the shape of an actual rectum, provided some entertainment. MQ beers led us onto a hidden bar just off the Mariahilferstrasse and then another hidden bar with things hanging from the ceiling which moved with the beat of the base.... quite a surreal experience if you lay back and watch!

Sight seeing wise I showed Dorothy around the Rathaus area, Stephansdom, Stadtpark and Schonbrunn.

Standing in front of Leopold Mozarts memorial, Stadtpark. I keep spotting the lady with the amazing red hair around town. These two make a super cool couple!

We also went to the Pruckel (my fav cafe here), and Centimetre for schnitzel... of course!

Saturday 1st May saw us frequenting the Flohmarkt by day, and Brut bar by evening.

Bargain buys this week included a black fringed jacket for 4 euros and an amazing brown straw hat (seen in pics throughout) for 5 euros.

Beers on the Ubhan led to fireworks at Pratersauna..

...led to dancing to a dj-set at Brut...

..... led to the stealing of the promotional stickers for the night (I love New Work)....

... which resulted in quite a messy end to the evening!!!!!!!

The next day, Doz and I battled our hangovers and day tripped over to Bratislava:

Looking highly hungover on the train! And then much needed coffees with cream at the Slovak pub on arrival!

I saw this poster for a festival in Slovakia in July, there's loads of amazing bands such as the xx and metronomy... fingers crossed ill be going with Anna!!

We hotfooted it around the castle, then down to the main square, and managed to fit in some traditional food at the slovak pub before heading back to Vienna for a good nights sleep!