Caroline's apartment is small, but fabulous and literally on top of the best shopping street in the center of Vienna.

On a rainy weekend, it was also nice and warm and cosy. As it rained most of the time, we did not venture out far, to a concert at the Musik Verein and and opera at the Staatsoper, to the cathedral (2 minutes' walk from the apartment), shopping, to the museums and Hofburg, all a few minutes away, and we could always come back home quickly to rest, wash up, use the internet and the start again.

Caroline gave us perfect instructions ... we were driving in from Venice that day. She waited for us, helped us into the apartment and then drove with me to a car park in Karlsplatz (only 10 Euros a day) and walked with me back, pointing out sights, restaurants and giving a quick guide to Vienna.

We used the kitchen, the laundry washer, everything worked, everything was clean. The view down onto the pedestrian "Graben" was great.

Since it rained much of the time, we'll have to come back and see the open-air places such as Schonbrunn and so on and I hope that the apartment will be free again.