More on 'Why Vienna?'

Vienna is a beautiful city, but it is not the only city we considered.  We looked at London, Paris and Berlin mainly.  So why did we end up here?  What was the criteria we used?  A city with  ambience was one and all fit into that category.  An available apartment we thought would be comfortable and affordable.  London was difficult, because we thought staying somewhat central was preferable to staying farther out.  Paris, I decided, would be too intimidating (more on that at a later date).  So it came down to Berlin or Vienna, and Vienna - with its lovely architecture won.  Not that Berlin doesn't have some amazing architecture of its own, but so much is new it has a whole different feel.