Wiener schnitzel (it's deep-fried breaded veal):
Paprika Chicken:
We left Vienna today and took a 3-hour train ride to Salzburg, where we'll stay for 4 nights.
Parting thoughts about Vienna:
1) It's a beautiful city, but there is a surprising amount of graffiti on a lot of the buildings. Some of it is cooler than others..
A reference to Lebron James?
The one building with absolutely no graffiti is the police station.
2) The public transportation system (subway, streetcars, buses) is excellent. And A LOT of people ride bikes. You can even rent them from automated bike rental stands on the street:
3) There's something very strange about computer keyboards here. Take a look:
You'd be surprised how much it screws you up when someone switches your "Y" and "Z" keys. And it took us 10 minutes to figure out how to make an "@" sign.
Oh, here's our room at in Vienna, at the K+K Maria Theresia:
The view from our window:
Before we left Vienna, we went to a grocery store to get some snacks for the train. When we checked out, they handed us a small box for free.
It was a raw egg! There was a stack of these boxes, unrefrigerated, at each of the checkout lanes. We carried it around for a while. Nat said it was like our religion project back in high school. We didn't want to throw it out, so we left it as a tip for the maid.
In Salzburg, we're staying at the Hotel Sacher, a five-star hotel on the river Salzach. I don't have time to explain how amazing it is right now...
The view from our balcony:
Ok... running out of internet time. It's very expensive here. More tomorrow...
5 comments:
I hope they had the Austrian version of "Desert Hero Camel" in the gift shop!!
...and was the hotel in Salzburg a surprise to anyone?
Can you find a Toys R US? I am looking for some Salzberg action figures
MOM AND DAD SAID
we are so happy for you both:
the pictures are just beautiful, the boys choir sounded great. have a great time.
LOVE YA BOTH
mom and dad
DAVE...WAS THE SCHNITZEL COMMENT MADE FOR ME... CAUSE I COMPARED IT TO A "JIMMY'S HOT DOG"? AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE DEEP FRIED HOT DOGS TO ME!!!!
PS...MISS YAS HAVE FUN!
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