Finally made it "home" from Vienna at around 715am this morning...my boss offered to give me the day off, but here I am - a little late and writing on my blog, but here nonetheless.
I just found out late last night that my cousin had her baby on the 4th and that he is healthy and happy!!! I couldn't ask for better news and cannot wait to meet him....SO EXCITED! And grooming the next Derek Jeter begins...
Vienna was awesome. Spent a full 3 days in the city and then the weekend on an overnight hiking trip in the Alpine foothills.
I will never bungee jump, I don't use mind altering hallucigens (other than a good red wine), but the feeling of stepping out into a place you have never even thought about being before, don't know how to speak the langauge, and have no idea how to get where you need to go, is a worm I quite like the taste of.
The train stop I pick, perfect. On a tram I go that deposits me almost directly in front of Hotel Sacher, home of the previously mentioned cake. Good stuff and relatively resonably priced, but Cheryl and Sarah could make better (and it would probably be vegan, gluten-free, and do a little dance for you).
2 great art museums, 2 palaces, gorgeous church & state buildings - a whole lot of walking, pictures, and an ever open mouth. Wienerschnitzel is not that great though. It could be, it just needs to work on its breading:flesh ratio.
And the hike (guess who's idea?). I sung part of "Climb Every Mountain" at one point. We spent the night in a hut after finishing off the last part of the 2000 meter climb in (honestly) the hardest rain I have ever been in. Wet wet wet. It cleared up beautifully right after a well deserved nap, and I was reminded of how beautiful it is to look down on clouds crowning mountain tops. Then my first taste of Schnapps (the real stuff). I try the Plum and mixed fruit varieties. Pleased and currently thinking up all kinds of exotic tea/schnapps pairings (Austrian Tea?).
I must get to work and temporarily suspend daydreaming about what the upcoming weekend has in store...
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wow, I had so many comments as I read that. 1) so you eat worms. 2)Sacher torte! I'm so jealous! (but thank you.) and then the third one was a general wordless awe.
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