This morning prior to leaving we stopped and grabbed subway for the train, and a costa. Perfect start to the day. On our way to the train station we came across a tram that had ran into a car while the car was turning. This doesn't come as a surprise because the cars drive on the tram tracks and the tram dive on almost every street. Plus from the looks of it the car took a risk and turned in front of the tram. But saw the aftermath of it. Probably shut down the line for a while to which as a local I imagine is quite frustrating.
We had a 4 hour train ride to Vienna. Not a bad time at all. Leaving shortly before one meant that the bulk of the day was spent on the train. Nice that this one had wifi though. Just helps the time pass in a different way. Not to mention there are a few games on my iPad that I have that can only be played with wifi for some reason, so I got to play them which was a good change if nothing else. The time seems to go by fairly quickly when we are the train, seeing the countryside periodically when you aren't surrounded my trees or a tunnel. That part is the nicest part about the train. Not to mention it really isn't much longer then a plane when. You account for time to get to the airport and how early you are and the actually ride then getting off and getting bags, so train is a great way to travel.
Learned today, but it has been getting worse with every travel day especially, that I will no longer be wearing my hair down. To thick and to large and much to hot! This is alright with me because it means that the weather is getting warmer and I am ready for some sun!
Well we made it to Vienna. Certainly a quaint place. My favourite part so far I will get to shortly, it is also something I hope we do tomorrow evening to end the day off. We were quite sweaty and hot when we arrived so we took a bit to regulate our body temperature and 'dry' off a little before venturing out for food. I am trying to do a better job of finding places to eat and getting them from my iPad to Luke's phone so that when we are ready we aren't scrambling to find a place.
So far Vienna seems to be both walkable and drivable place. That was the pop ther thing about Prague, seemed like it would be a reasonable place to drive in with little to no heartache along the way. Vienna may be the same but I haven't seen enough to know. We made our way to a place not from home and treated ourselves to schnitzel. This is something that is on the list to eat, and due to the fact that we don't have long before we are out of Germany and Austria we figured when offered gluten free, might as well take it. Also a new Austrian gluten free beer, which tasted good as well, which was great.
I am glad that places have had a different mix of beers and ciders for me to try, it has made it interesting and although I love wine, I am glad I get to try them here, especially because I don't get have beer back home. Speaking of which, I was lied to. I shall rant for a moment here.
TECHNICALLY things can be considered gluten free legally if they have under a certain parts per million of it in the product. They can be certified gluten free. Someone once told me, and I thought I looked it up but must not of which is both stupid of me and unusual for me, that corona is made from rice and that it is gluten free, they just aren't certified. Well that is a complete lie, silly me I should have known this a very long time ago. I don't drink corona so it really isn't a huge issue, except for when we were in Nice. We were walking along the beach and decided to stop and have a beer on the beach, and I got a corona. It wasn't till that moment when I was halfway through that I decided I was gonna read the ingredients. Yup, not gluten free, under the Canadian standards of parts per million technically but is made with barley malt. Barley and I don't mix well, luckily it wasn't a full reaction, just an ugly trip to the Lou. So needless to say I have enjoyed the fact that I get to experience the beer side of life and different ciders that I don't get to back home.
After our delicious schnitzel dinner we are our way to the river and decided to walk around a bit. Normally there is one staircase that the young adults all hang out on. In this case, it is the river canal. They call it the city beach. On on side farthest away from the river canal they have an assortment of restaurants and sand. The city beach stretches for quick sometime with the beach chairs on the sand, and after that there is grass. There are tons of people that were hanging out here and on the side closest to the river canal sitting on the edge. By tons I mean this is where the locals of the town were. At first we thought it would be because of the soccer game, but that started when we first arrived at our hotel, so it was done by then. Then we realized that people weren't even near some of the large screens set up for people to be sitting on the edge and at the restaurants. It is so neat. We are gonna try and make here tomorrow evening. But we only have one day so we want to make the best of it.
There was something refreshing about walking this river canal while the sunset and just seeing the locals be locals. Somehow you know that they are locals as well, at least majority are. Look forward to enjoying this tomorrow. We walked around for a decent amount of time before heading back home.
We have a full day ahead of us an are looking forward to seeing Vienna and all that if has to offer. We have some great things on the list. Now to get a good rest, and pump ourselves full of water. Tomorrow is going to be a hot one!! I can't wait.
And so the adventure continues...
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