We spent a couple weeks touring the old empire last year. My wife and I were really stunned at how much we really enjoyed Vienna, where we stayed a good week. W

We spent a couple weeks touring the old empire last year. My wife and I were really stunned at how much we really enjoyed Vienna, where we stayed a good week. We stayed a ways out from the city at an AirBnB and just sort of enjoyed "living" there. We found it beautiful, safe, pleasant people. The remains of the old empire are of course stunning, but the rest of the city itself was wonderful. Easily one of our favorite cities in Europe. We also found it interesting how entirely different it is, despite the similar language, from Germany -- which we've been to almost half a dozen times and have never really quite taken to (no offense meant to any Germans).