My First Solo Trip to Vienna ☕️ 3 Days in Austria VLOG

Vienna! My love! I visited Vienna back in 2012 one summer and was sick with a cold the entire time. This trip was a way for me to make new memories and really explore the city that I know I love, without being in the midst of a fever lol. Vienna is so hard to capture because what I love most about the city is just watching all the movement and people around me. Sitting in the park, riding a street car, curling up in a cafe for hours - Vienna just sort of envelopes you in an atmosphere I can't describe but truly hope you all get to experience one day. Its a place that automatically feels like home :) Thank you so much to everyone at the meet up for being the cutest people ever?? i was so sad i couldnt stay longer because i seriously felt like we were all irl friends just catching up. Definitely need to come back just to have a park hangout again (tho we might be banned from that cafe hahahaha) Love always!

picture of me at kleines cafe in the thumbnail is taken by the lovely Naomi (ig: bynaomilouisa)

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My First Solo Trip to Vienna ☕️ 3 Days in Austria VLOG

[caricakes]

If you notice I didn't go to some "must-see" places like Schönbrunn, the Prater, or the top of St Stephens, it's because this wasn't my first trip to Vienna :') I went with my family about 10 years ago but was sick with a cold/fever so my memories are a little wobbly. I came back for this solo trip to finally see and remember the city that I've loved from afar from so long and it didn't disappoint! Love you always Vienna!

[maren]

i've lived in Vienna for about 5 years now and watching this vlog is such a surreal experience omg i've been watching you for so long and seeing you walk around all the places i know so well is??? im actually related to one of the men in the band at 4:21-4:31. the world suddenly seems very very small indeed haha can't wait to watch the rest of this

[Vanessa-sohn]

I don't know why but it made me a little senitmental so see my hometown portrayed so beautifully?! Glad you enjoyed your visit and your airbnb was so gorgeous!

[Tulipe]

Since you’re now done with Paris and Vienna, you need to go to Greece next and you’ll have your very own ‘before’ triology 😊

[stephen]

I enjoyed the Before Sunrise dialogue. One of my favourite film trilogies. So underrated. Literally just watched Before Midnight again the other day.

[claudiar.]

I was born here and have lived in Vienna for 56 years. 2 times I left town, but I'm back again, it won't let me go.
We love to welcome people who visit us and are so lovely!
I live here next to the Belvedere Garden and enjoy the Ringstrasse every day when I commute to work.
Thanks for the adorable video!

[sulisuli]

Fell in love with Vienna in fall and still can't get over it. It was my first trip completely alone. I wasn't so sure about how I would feel, but on the very first night I met this amazing people that I ended up having dinner with, and immediately got the best vibes from the city. One of those people recommended me the Café Hawelka, and when you said you were going to Vienna, I knew I had to tell you about it, so I'm so happy that you actually liked it. Like you said, Vienna just gives you those comfy vibes, the people were really nice and helping. Actually ended up having so many conversations with random people that wouldn't have happened if I went with someone, so I felt like maybe travelling alone was what I needed in my life. Just loved your vlog and hope you can continue spoiling us with them. Lots of love💛

[ayahaidar]

I absolutely love the "before sunrise" dialogue touch !! I think it's genius, so excited to watch this vlog in my break.

[marlenaantonia]

It's so surreal to see my home city being experienced by someone else in this format, but I loved it so much! It kind of made me realize that I need to start romanticizing the city I live in more, instead of traveling through it with my tunnel vision on the way to uni or whatever. I'm so happy that you enjoyed your time here and thank you for the chance to meet you in person on that Wednesday. I had so much fun and met so many nice people there. When I woke up that day, I was hit with a lot of social anxiety and almost didn't go, but I'm so thankful that I did. You're such a ray of light and joy in both your videos and in person and talking to you wasn't scary at all. So thank you for this video and the meet-up and the photo we took together (I'm the girl with the blue hair and the ridiculously colorful spring outfit).

[naryma]

First I would like to say, I really like the concept of your channel and you should keep going!
5:14 Actually of the dozens of historic coffee houses only two are known amongt tourist and may have lines at times. I do agree that most of them get crowded during prime time. Which is for you? There is no such thing as "the" coffee house in Vienna - they all have unique style/personality and specialize in specific clientel. I would say, choose whichever sounds best for you from the list^^
You can reserve tables at coffee houses same way you can at any restaurant.
6:00 Good choice! This one has a very unique flair, I agree. The USP...well the waiters are known to be very quick-whitted and to rebuttle in a typical local sarcastic way. Simply said - they dont take sh!t.
6:45 Demel is a pastry shop and bakery, the coffee house has no tradition and was added very recently for tourists. The pastries are amazing, the coffee house is overcrowded and not recommendable. Central was targeted by several large tourist agencies for years as its one of the largest ones and therefore could accomodate large groups of tourists (the judgement was based on space management, not quality or history). In the meanwhile this whole thing has completly excalated and people flock there in masses (for some reason).
10:38 Thats a bad google translation^^ Alright, history lesson. Vienna was liberated by the Soviets. It took them 3 days and aprox. 25 000 soldiers of the Red Army died during the battle of Vienna (so about the same as the US lost on Iwo Jima). To remember them the Sovjets built that monument, basicly a Tomb to the Unknown Soldier.
12:08 Legit place, I do recommend that one.
12:38 pssst, pistacchio (double "c" and its pronounced like with a hard "k")
18:15 Sure, but it also depends on the line you r riding. They were built at different depths.
19:55 Good idea, you r at Michaelerplatz - you have the former Cafe Griensteidl there, now Cafe Klimt. Its right there on the square and its the historical coffee house of authors and poets...oh, nevermind....

PS: If you are into nature I recommend Lobau, Lainzer Tiergarten and Kahlenberg aswell as Prater (during the day). You can reach any of them easily with public transportation.

[shaunpierce]

I liked Vienna when I visited two years ago, it's pretty clean and easy to walk around. One embarrassing moment I had was in the Hard Rock Cafe, they somehow discovered it was my birthday so the staff and all the other customers sang happy birthday to me. I was alone at the time, to say I was red faced was an under statement 🤣.

[sinceresafa]

This vlog was so beautiful, it honestly felt like a Wes Anderson film with all the minute details captured. It's certainly put Vienna on my must-visit cities list! Thank you Cari ❤

[DasClairvoyant]

This makes me homesick in a sense that it makes me think of spending time with my Oma in Germany at the markets. I cant wait to get a chance to be back in Europe at the End of Spring. Thank you for taking us along on your trip.

[riribbang]

it’s so interesting to see vienna from somebody else’s perspective. i’m living in vienna and sometimes i can’t see the beautiful things tourists see

[mari.be.]

If you are really going to return to Prague in the summer, I recommend that you make a visit to Vienna again, but this time instead of Český Krumlov, you stop at Lednice Castle, or you can visit The State Chateau of Hluboká. There you can feel like a princess from a fairy tale. And then you can come back again in winter and visit the Christmas markets in Prague and Vienna.

[ErikaWelindt-csuz]

Thank you for this video, I cannot tell you, what this means to me. You bring back memories that I couldn’t live without.

[AlioH]

That's interesting that you said it felt homey as out of all the cities I've visited in Europe and further afield, which is a fair few, Vienna is the one which gave me the feeling of wanting to move and live there. There's just something so exciting but also comfortable about it ❤

[lillybeyond]

its so beautiful to see your home town through someone elses eyes 🤍 I left Vienna a year ago and this gives me beautiful nostalgia and all the warmies in my heartspace, so thank you so much for that 🥰

[deadlynightshade]

I was about to head to bed but too excited for this! Tysm for these, honestly the editing, the cinematography, the sincerity, you never miss 💗

[aldengeneadriancamahalan]

as someone who has just recently started architecture as a career and does art on the side, I always get excited and inspired by your vlogs, especially the travel/hiking/day trip ones!