Sunday, 8/10 I slept in to try and get over my sore throat. Our original plan was to visit Baden, a town south of Vienna with thermal baths. Since many businesses are closed Sunday and websites often in German only, it was difficult to figure out when and if the Baden baths were actually open. However, there was another location, Oberlaa, that was open Sunday (and much closer than Baden) so we decided to go there instead. The baths weren't exactly what I had expected, less of a "hot springs" idea and more of a health club with multiple pools. There were indoor and outdoor pools, both with connector channels so you could swim through the building if you wanted. There were also whirlpools and saunas. In typical Austrian no-sense-of-liability fashion, there were no lifeguards and
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