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St Pölten, Day 3
Aug. 3rd, 2016 05:12 pmIn the morning, we made a trip to Linz, which is a rather large city in the neighbourhood - the same one we visited last year. It is a mere 45 minutes by train, and we'd bought the ticket as far as Linz in advance. Unfortunately, no one warned us not to board the trains of Westbahn, as it is a private company, and we had to get off the train half-way and continue our journey by some slow local shuttle.
Well, no matter. We reached Linz, half an hour later than expected - and learned, to our sorrow, that the lovely little traditional bakery we'd visited every day last year had closed. After 150 years! I don't know the reasons, but it is sad.
Anyway, we went to the local Thalia, which is something similar like Borders was in the UK, and I had great fun in the baking and DIY department. We also had coffee there, and I bought the boxed edition of Earth: Final Conflict's 2nd season. They had the 3rd season, too, but it was too expensive for my purse. Perhaps it's just come out and will gradually become cheaper. Hopefully.
Then we used our 24-hour-ticket to travel around Linz by tram for another hour or so visited a few little shops, and finally took the 15:14-hour train back to St Pölten. There we ate in the local equivalent of a fish&chips shop and are currently resting in our hotel room. But we're planning to go back to the fantastic ice cream shop later.
Coming up tomorrow: a visit in the Museum of City History and, hopefully, a ride on the sightseeing train.
Well, no matter. We reached Linz, half an hour later than expected - and learned, to our sorrow, that the lovely little traditional bakery we'd visited every day last year had closed. After 150 years! I don't know the reasons, but it is sad.
Anyway, we went to the local Thalia, which is something similar like Borders was in the UK, and I had great fun in the baking and DIY department. We also had coffee there, and I bought the boxed edition of Earth: Final Conflict's 2nd season. They had the 3rd season, too, but it was too expensive for my purse. Perhaps it's just come out and will gradually become cheaper. Hopefully.
Then we used our 24-hour-ticket to travel around Linz by tram for another hour or so visited a few little shops, and finally took the 15:14-hour train back to St Pölten. There we ate in the local equivalent of a fish&chips shop and are currently resting in our hotel room. But we're planning to go back to the fantastic ice cream shop later.
Coming up tomorrow: a visit in the Museum of City History and, hopefully, a ride on the sightseeing train.
