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Enroute to Zagreb we find ourselves in the business-class lounge in Vienna airport waiting for our flight to Zagreb and I could not pass the opportunity to use the free access to the internet even though I have nothing really special to say. Hit by an immediate culture shock of getting something without having to pay backsheesh and a fleeting hesitation to help myself to the free champagne, it finally sinks in that I am Out of Africa. Despite the Red Crescent donation boxes (the Muslim version of the Red Cross) prominently displayed in the Egyptian airports we managed to leave [View Full Entry]

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Last night we arrived at the apartment after 10:30pm, greeted by the receptionist at the time who, thankfully, spoke English. The apartment is huge - the largest by far we've stayed in so far. The only downside so far is that the reception is rarely manned, and when we did contact someone this morning to ask about washing, they couldn't speak a word of English. I've been trying to find an English-German phrase book since we arrived in Munich a few days ago, but it has proven near-impossible. I'm sure that I could pick up enough for simple questions if I [View Full Entry]

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Lets throw another shrimp on the barbie. wait im in austria. sort of a stop over on the way to budapest. i got to have some vienna sauage, and relly good chocolate cake. i saw the sights on an impromtu journey. i just went out for breakfast so i didnt bring my camera and took the metro to city centre. i had a really nice breakfast and on the way home, met avery nice local and ended up talking to her for awhile. by the time i realized i missed my stop, i was right near the parliment building and the [View Full Entry]

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This morning we woke to get an early start on the day (and I wanted eggs for breakfast today - I missed out on them yesterday). My foot felt the same as yesterday, which wasn't encouraging. The plan was for me to stay in our room until checkout at 11:30am, and then catch the bus into the city to meet Karina, then we'd come back at 4pm to collect our bags and catch the train to Vienna. However, after speaking to the owner on the way out, Karina returned to tell me that I could stay in the room until 4pm [View Full Entry]

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Last night we arrived in Salzburg after 10pm and caught a taxi straight to our hotel. We picked the key up from the hotel restaurant and went straight up to our room - wow! The room is huge - larger than our apartment in Paris and more roomy than our NY apartment! We crashed immediately. We woke this morning to spectacular weather and a snow-capped alpine vista out our window. The only problem was the fact that I had great difficulty walking to the bathroom some 10 feet from the bed. Not a good sign. I hobbled downstairs to breakfast and [View Full Entry]

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... so about midday on Wednesday, we breathlessly arrived in Vienna. Accidentally landed in a quite flash hotel, due to the assistance of the grumpiest man in Austria at the airport info desk. (PS Vienna airport is full of unattended luggage - including a poor little cat in a cage that had a very big day!). Discovered an excellent old-school giant ferris wheel, did an obligatory bus tour, and ate Wiener schnitzel of couse! (Well, obviously only Simon did:( ) Thursday morning had us on a train for an incredibly picuresque ride to Ljubljana, where I am now writing from. [View Full Entry]

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Well, while in Munich, a day trip to Salzburg was a necessary venture due to the fact that CMurda's a huge Sound of Music fan. It's funny though because the locals in Salzburg could give a rat's ass about the Sound of Music as most of them have never seen it! Salzburg is not very big (150,000) and it's totally doable in a day. It is however a cool town to stroll through and has amazing scenery- the alps in the background, etc. and oh yeah- i guess Mozart's from there if you're into that sort of thing. There's a square [View Full Entry]

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Awesome city! It's small,... maybe a bit bigger than Regina. Love the pedestrian-friendliness of it, too. Here's some photos from the last couple days. Picture worth 1000 words and all (plus it really slows me down tyüping on this silly German keyboard. [View Full Entry]

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EEK! Stupid $$ internet. Went to Schoenbrunn castle. And other stuff. More later, once I find cheaper internet. Yes has schnitzel. VG. And lots! [View Full Entry]

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