Vienna yo.....

"Rorschach's Journal. October 12th, 1985: Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll whisper "no." "

Okay that speech has nothing to do with this blog post I just think it’s awesome and if you don't well you probably suck anyway, nah I am joking (sort of). Your boy that's me spent a long weekend in Vienna, yeh I know random location right but then again my life is a collection of randomness. so Vienna is an awesome city but before I could get there I had to deal with Gatwickgate.

Okay it wasn't really Gatwickgate but putting “gate” behind any situation makes it sound scandalous & super interesting. Okay what happened was my flight was meant to take off at 5 but it was delayed because of the France strike (bunch of douches after I gave them an awesome in my post about Paris. Lames). It wasn't just delayed, it was delayed for 4 hrs looking to take off at 10pm please note I had been at Gatwick since 3. To make matters worse I couldn't switch because there was police, not just police, police with Guns so..... You see why I couldn't wile out. I went to the info desk to get compensation for the delay and get this they gave me a £3 food voucher, boy was I excited, I was thinking of all the food possibilities, I could buy a happy meal AND get a Mcflurry on the side, it would have been happy times. So at this stage, my BB had one bar and I refuse to pay £25 for a new one even though its tax free when mine was in my box. So I went about asking for a charger, met this lady with the same BB as mine whose flight was also delayed and she let me borrow it, which was most awesome of her, she had a twitter account, should have asked her name so I could tag her but she might think I am a borderline nutcase (that's what @TEAMTaiwo called me in a #FF, imagine that). To my surprise I was calm unless a dumb statement was sent my way, maybe it was the guns in close proximity who knows. Oh yeh shout out to @Cmypassion, cracking me up while I waited. check her blog out its almost as dope as mine, it would be doper than mine if there was 10 post feature about me (oh yeh I am on my Kanye arrogance *shrugs*). While I was waiting was reading my book then I noticed my flight had a gate, I couldn't believe my eyes, I was thinking I was going to be there for 4hrs, the delay was for 2 hours, I got my stuff and ran to the gate and met my fellow Gatwickgate peepz, when you are delayed you make friends pretty swiftly to help deal with the madness. The plane finally took off (I really hate planes when they land and take off makes me feel ill.), while I was reading onslaught book 4 listening to The Roots new album that's my ish *sings Dear God.....*, I crashed at about track 7 or so. Oh yeh I got to use my £3 voucher on a snack box, It had all kinds of snacks in it. I woke up when we landed, got my suitcase, said goodbye to my Gatwick peepz, hopped in a cab with my sis to her place. I was wiped, so I conked out.

Day 1 of Vienna, I actually woke up late for once I got up @ 10 that never happens for me.

(Sidebar: it’s like 2am as I am writing, so if my grammar & spelling aren't on point allow me & if you can't, you are a douche this is the frigging internet, no one is grading this shit, if you have time to be bitch and moan about my grammar then exit my blog. Okay please stay I was joking, I need you like the French team needs a good manager. Seriously though, there is no need to be uppity. Damn, I got side tracked, you have seen a little glimpse of how my mind wanders. Anyway back to my trip).

When I woke I was starving but we missed breakfast, so the plan was to get munch and hit the road with my camera, oh yeh I forgot to tell y'all I got my DSLR canon 450D & I have been in love ever since, check out my tumblr accout, its sort of my portfolio - http://geekysneaks.tumblr.com/ After getting ready my sis dropped the line, you are such a preppy boy, you are a Kanye & CuDi poster boy all this because of my purple Supra's and Cap America T-shirt, SMH. (Okay yeh I have changed a lot over the last few years, I lost the Hood element and changed most of my circles. Well if you don't change, you aren't living are you) after jamming 'Ye's Power, David Guerrta Memories with CuDi & Hello Good Morning, Diddy Dirty Money, We hit the streets, as soon as we stepped out I started snapping away, my sis told me that this was nothing, boi if only I had listened. The scenery in Vienna was amazing, I was snapping away when we were meant to go eat, I finally stopped taking pics & we went to a sky restaurant. The view from the top was amazing, took some more pics and then me & my sis talked, what we concluded is that we have come a long as way & not many people thought we would achieve what we have achieved (to those people I wish you wealthy). We started talking about times in Nigeria, girls, Money, work. Oh yeh my sister is a snitch, she has snitched on me many times to my parents. SMH @ her. Nah my sister is cool to talk to, she gets me and we get on pretty well. So after a Sky sandwich (it’s just a club sandwich which was awesome) & fries we hit the road. Oh yeh at the restaurant I used a skill that I have been perfecting & it really does work. I am not a serious individual at all. So most of the day was spent sightseeing and taking pics, okay I actually go tired of taking pics because Vienna has way too many landmarks to take pics, in one area there are like 10 buildings next to each other, botanical Gardens. They killed me, swapping between lenses is a mission but I loved it. We stopped taking pics to get ice cream, they love ice cream out here, I mean it’s a big thing even at like midnight they are enjoying ice cream, madness. I ordered me a banana split which was quite much. I checked my memory care I had like 500mb left on a 4gb card, that's how much I had been snapping. We headed back to my sis place to crash for a bit cause we walked a long ass way, you need to give it to tourist those people have stamina. After crashing for a bit, we grabbed dinner like after midnight & crashed.

Day 2 started with me waking up in time for breakfast, breakfast was awesome, anywhere that serves cake at breakfast is awesome. I piled up my plate basically I made up for missing breakfast the day before. After a hearty breakfast, went back to chill for a bit, listening to tunes, they love MJ out here (R.I.P.) MTV were blasting him all day. The plan for today was to go to a museum and kick it a bit. Out of all the museums they have, the museum of choice was Belverde, why you ask because it’s the name of a vodka and I love me some vodka. Nah I kid it, had the Gustav Klint "The Kiss" which I wanted to see, plus there was an awesome shot I wanted to get. We got ready as we were about to head out my sister dropped this line "make sure you cream your hands and elbow, No Reggie Bush (pic )What a par on Reggie, to be fair, he looks like he has been making a pizza all day. We left and went to an ice cream place to get a milkshake as it was blazing hot. We hit up the tram and headed to the museum. We got there, I took oh about 20 or so pics of the castle but the shot I wanted to get couldn't happen because they drained the river. I was gutted. We picked up some tickets and went round to the entrance at the back. No word of a lie this was the most amazing thing I had seen. The fountain, the landscape, the view. Yeh, oh I took a few over 60 or more snaps probably more as my sister forced me to take pics of her for her FB account. SMH. I could have stayed outside all day but my sister was moaning that all she had eaten was a muffin for breakfast, well that's not my fault she knew what time breakfast was. So we went in, the artwork was amazing, they had the Napoleon Bonaparte this piece was magnificent to look at. We went round and we got to the pièce de résistance, Gustav Klint The Kiss, there was something gracefully about the pic, couldn't explain it but it was dope. After getting my culture on, we headed back to stephansplatz (their version of oxford circus) to eat and pick up some chocolate and other stuff. After lunch, we went to a macaroon shop for dessert, the cupcakes & macaroons were amazing. I had to buy a box, it’s a shame the only last a day or two, so I shall be munching on them when I get home. Hmm, by time this post goes up they will be gone, oh well *Kanye Shrug*. After the cupcakes, we went and had some ice cream, as they say when in Rome, the ice cream bar had been open since 1886, that's a long time to be making ice cream. The place was packed as usual, I wonder if they eat ice cream during winter. We headed back to my sis place. Oh yeh there are like no black people in Vienna, I saw like 10 during my stay, it was amazing two of them looked Nigerian, we all know how Nigerians get around. After chilling for a bit, we headed out to dinner, we went to an Italian place that doesn't have Spaghetti Bolognese, which sucks because I wasn't paying attention when they were translating the menu, I was snapping away. The waitress called me out on it. I got some meal with chicken, yeh I know stereotyping. Dinner was cool, me and my sister talked and she believes I have taken hard drugs, she doesn't rate me at all. We talked about our jobs at McD's and my rudeness to customers, It was too funny. After dinner, we went out to take a few night shots and then headed back cause I had an early flight.

Right now I am on the plane back to London and it’s been a dope ass trip. I took a friends advice and rested. I forgot all the BS I was thinking about, having some WWDS (what would drake say, that's from @femi26) moment. The minute you start thinking like Drake then there is something wrong, dude is a major cornball. I also realised... I am still young, I have been acting like I am 30 and shit, I got 7 yrs to get to that level. I am going to enjoy the hell out of my life. I want to look back and say damn I had fun. Another realization I made is that the way our parents raised me and my sis, we are loyal to people we call friends, through thick and thin and it’s a damn shame the same can't be said for a lot of people, oh well such is life, I will limit my contact with people (if you fall under that category, I wish you wealthy). It’s been an awesome trip, Vienna is truly beautiful, if you like photography it’s a must. It’s a city filled with some stunning women and all on point when it comes to fashion. Okay I will end it here (this is the longest I have written), half way through the year, I have crossed off quite a few items on my list, going to a new city was one of them that being Vienna it was truly amazing and I had a lot of fun & I would recommend it to everyone.... Okay not everyone depends on your style really.
Till next time.

Live.Learn.Love

The GeeK