This morning, I woke up at 7AM and walked through Downtown Prague to the Florenc bus station.  I really enjoyed walking through the city early in the morning.  Most of the people on the street are runners and just some mellow “morning-people” taking a stroll.

The bus arrived in Vienna at around 2PM, and I walked about 3 miles to the Meininger Hostel at the edge of Downtown.  At the recommendation of the receptionist, I walked along the river to Stephenplatz and then walked to the center of Downtown Vienna.  Like many other cities, the center of Downtown Vienna is an enormous, extravagant cathedral, St Stephens Cathedral.

Next, I continued walking through Downtown while it was raining, eventually taking refuge in a mall at the edge of Downtown.  Here are some things I noticed about the mall:

• Very accessible:  Ground floor entrances from three directions
• Interesting use of entire basement floors of mall.  One basement floor (with a ceiling opened to the entire mall) was used as a grocery store and another was used as a Bed, Bath, and Beyond-type tenant.
• Mall seemed like it wasn’t doing too well, especially for a rain, Saturday afternoon.  There’s a good chance that the performance of European malls is similar to that of US malls.

Next, I walked over to Hofburg Gardens, the museum quarter, and Rathausplatz (where 2017 Film Festival was being held).  The atmosphere at Rathausplatz was energetic and lively.  A large part of the lawn was covered with hundreds of tables and chairs, and the pathway leading to the entrance of the building was lined with dozens of street food vendors.

At this time, it was already 8PM, so I walked back to St Stephens Cathedral, and back to the hostel.  In the room, I met Rayane Jacabson and she had some great recommendations about Brazil including that one night in Zurich is enough, and we should buy a Switzerland unlimited bus pass for 300 francs.

At around 11PM, I walked over to an interesting nightclub near the river and before I knew it I had paid the 10-euro cover and was in an electronic dance club.  The dance club had just opened and was scheduled to continue until 6AM.  It was a nice experience, especially seeing this partier on the stage dance in such an extreme way.  After about an hour, I just walked back to the hostel and slept.