Journey to Iran: Day 2/3

My first impression of Vienna was wrong. Kind of.

On the 19^th of August, after going to the embassy, we decided to have a little rest and wait for the weather to cool down so we could go out in the evening and have a stroll. We firstly went to Schrönbrunn Palace. I thought it was going to be a quick look like how you would at Buckingham Palace, but no, this place was huge and beautiful. I’m not entirely sure what it was/is being used for, but my God. No amount of pictures will do this place justice. Probably spent a good couple of hours there until it was getting dark.

I am neither of the two people you see.

Not sure if you can make it out, but check the pose on the right.

Beautiful.

Jay Z totally should have used this for MCHG.

"Welcome to my humble abode. Oh, the woman's head in my hand? That's nothing to worry about."

GAH IT'S SO AMAZING.

Afterwards, we decided to go get desserts in the city centre. I would tell you what I had, but I don’t even know. I just asked the waiter what he thought was best and trusted him in bringing me a slice of a cake. Twas pretty damn good. Had a quick coffee to warm me up after and we headed back “home”.

I’ve got to say, people here are much more warm and friendly than they are in England. Not one dodgy look has been received. If I could learn German I would love to live here but someone said that it’s far too complicated which was rather demotivating. Although, I probably could get by with English.

On the 20^th of August we returned to the embassy to find out my passport had been produced! However, due to the fact that Iran requires a two year military service for all males within certain criteria, I need a stamp in my passport to allow me to exit the country within three months without having to take part in the service. It was just my luck that the two people who have the authority to sign the documents for the stamp, weren’t present, and so we were told to come back the following day.

Having left the embassy, we decided to walk around the area to see what we could find out of luck. We came across a place called Belvedere-Garten, where once again pictures will not do it justice, but I’ll try to give you a sense of the place with one picture I took with my phone because I stupidly forgot my SLR.

For now the waiting game must be continued.

P.S. I feel like the quality of my writing was slightly poor in this but I know that if I don’t upload this, I’ll procrastinate my next post to never. I do hope you’ll find some pleasure in reading this though.