“Life can be like a roller coaster with its ups and downs. What matters is whether you are keeping your eyes open or closed during the ride and who is next to you.”
Prater Park
My apartment is near the Wurstelprater, an amusement park in the city of Vienna, simply called Prater. It boasts the famous ferris wheel, the Riesenrad. NM, TN and I had some extra time between classes, so we took a walk through the Prater to enjoy the fall color and explore the park one afternoon. It’s an intriguing place – it offers a combination of Six-Flags-caliber rides with county-fair-level fun houses. Some of the themed rides in particular were on the cheesy side, though I wasn’t entirely sure how ironically to take the spinning sombreros ride, for instance. There was also inexplicably a North-American-football-themed fun house with some burly footballers. Enjoy the photos and draw your own conclusions.
The famous ferris wheel: the ReisenradPrater ParkOn this ride, you ride on your belly, and it launches you like a rocket, head-first.The smaller of the two ferris wheels at the PraterHaunted House/Fun HouseThis guy is holding up the corner of a haunted house/fun house.A rather terrifying scarecrowThis water ride looked a little insane – mostly because you would be freezing if you got wet here.This ride played German techno music crazy loud, and check out the art behind the ride.Best WC/restroom signs everThese giant statues turn.The Prater version of the teacup ride.From a distance, these statues look like real people standing there, especially after dark.Statues near the kids’ section of the parkThe most terrifying ATM in the world.A dance-themed fun house that seemed kind of like it was encouraging pole dancing.Always with the clowns…Prater ParkFootball, American style. The “ride” is a fun house.Spinning Sombreros!Another of the fun housesPrater Park
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