Here I am again!

I know you were scared that I wouldn’t tell you anything about the Heuriger… I just wanted to create some suspense!!! The first time I’ve ever heard about the existence of Heurigers is during my first Italian class as a teacher… I was arrived in Vienna on Friday and on Monday I was already in the class, more scared than during High School exams, because I didn’t know how to approach to them, most of all because I couldn’t speak any German. Luckily they were a B1 level so we could easily speak in Italian and I was already thinking about how to entertain them when… I needed to do nothing because they were so interested in me, asking me why I’m here, what do I study, what do I want to do in my life ecc… that I had to do nothing! And the funniest thing is that when they understood I was in Vienna just for three days, they started to give me tips on places I must see and things I must do! And one of them was of course going in a Heuriger!!!

So after my two hours walk I decided to walk a little bit more! And I descended following the 1 path towards Nussdorf. This paths brings you into the vineyards and so in Heuringers! But let’s explain a little for those who don’t know what I’m talking about! Heuriger is the abbreviation of „heuriger Wein“ (this year’s wine) in Austrian and Bavarian German. Originally, it was a simple open-air tavern on the premises of winemakers, where people would bring along food and drink the new wine. The Heurige are renowned for their atmosphere of Gemutlichkeit shared among a throng enjoying young wine, simple food. But how to distinguish a Heuriger??? All of them have a bush of pine twigs hanging at the entrance when they are open! And I can tell you that in the way down you will see lots of bush of pine hanging outside! The one I went was actually not really on the route, in fact I was following the path when I saw a little city far away on the Donau at my left and I decided to leave the main street to go there, luckily on my way to get to the village I found a super nice Heuriger with an amazing view! It was lunch time so I stopped there, I had typical food (of which I don’t know the name but I can swear it was amazing: mainly meet, Knodeln and Kraut) and of course the wine of the year!!! A simple unique atmosphere and experience!! The name of the place was Heuriger Hirt and from there I descended until the village I saw from the top and I actually found a bus that brought me to Nussdorf again! Everything worked well and also if I didn’t plan the day I think the ingredient is to enjoy the moment!!!