Not only am I dreaming of a white Vienna I'm dreaming of an English keyboard! Our train from Budapest entered Vienna to the heaviest snow they had all winter. The delightful Aussie couple, with whom we shared a compartment, were estatic because they could go home and tell their friends they saw snow! The traveling Curmudgeon and Cumudgeonette have both seen snow....... The Budapest train station makes the one in Bangkok, though much larger, seem simple. (The population of Bkk and Hungary are the same.) It was a fun ride with wildlife, deer, pheasants and rabbits accompanying the farmers in the field.
We're in a B & B 50 yards from the Opera House and a half block from the Karntner Strasse pedestrian street. There is free internet access at the B & B but the catch is a German keyboard and you know how those Germans are. We're off to a concert of smaltz (Yes, Lars.) tonight. It will be nice to have five days here!
Blessed Maundy Thursday!
4 comments:
Maybe it's the glass of wine, but the word "curmudgeonette" is making me laugh out loud. Or maybe it's the 'burbs. Middle class duldrums? I dunno, but thanks for the humor. All my best, T
Al and Joanne:
I hope you enjoy Vienna for Easter. I spent Easter there in 1986 as a poor student traveling for spring break.
Thanks for the continued updates. They are appreciated.
John Priester
Curmudgeonette ranks up there with geezerette. Anyway we're having fun on our self-directed elder hostel.
Maybe you should bring a laptop so you don't have to deal with foreign keyboards. Sounds like yuor both having a great trip! Thanks for sharing. BTW: we had another 10" of snow here in Milw today! We were at the 4th most snow since they began keeping track. (The Native Americans probably kept track too, but nobody cared). I've had enough already.
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