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Just had the pleasure of spending the weekend in Vienna with my family. All in all, it was a good experience.
The food experiences were quite good, featuring amongst others an amazing Italian restaurant, the oldest restaurant of Vienna, serving very good traditional Austrian food, and of course Apfelstrudel with ice-cream and cream, served in the local zoo.
Of the not-so-good things can be mentioned the house of Mozart (the building in which he grew up), which was just disastrously boring, after having paid an entrance fee of 7,5 euros. Also, don’t ever bring kids in there – the children doesn’t like it, and apparently, neither does the museum attendants… After we left there, we found this meticulously bear in a shopping-windows close by, and wondered if he had a sudden accident caused by boredom 
However, the pros far outweighed the cons. An excellent breakfast buffet every morning at the hotel, an excellent concert experience (to be told of further in a separate post) and even free wireless Internet at the Vienna Airport! (This makes you wonder what your airport taxes go towards in other countries…)
This was the only picture I could find where everyone in the family is at least partly visible, so here you go:
The background is that of the Stephansdom which is a quite grand and majestic church building.
august 25th, 2008
So, this week, I went to England for a wedding. It was really nice
In the UK, however, they have a term called Health and Safety. I wonder if that’s what made them put up the following sign at the Gatwick airport restrooms (which are not called restrooms at all in the UK, but, hmm, bathrooms, I think):
If it doesn’t show clearly, it’s a sink with a sign over it saying “warning: very hot water”. This made me pause a few seconds. Very hot water. Doesn’t sound nice. I was halfways expecting to be injured, but instead, it turned out to be a very pleasant maybe around 40 C water temperature.
Thank you, Health and Safety
juli 6th, 2008
Sunday was a very traumatic day for the teddy-bear whose name I have been instructed not to blog. Had he not been ruthlessly abandoned in the room, he would have seen her face in the back of the car, slowly fading away into the horizon…
But this bear is determined. So he decided to pack, commandeer an airplane and go after her.
Not long after, he was sitting at the airport, having his boarding pass ready, carefully packing his liquids for security.
Once in the departure lounge, he decided to rest a bit.
Then, for a much needed breakfast – ‘healthy breakfast’ with a freshly squeezed orange juice and a nice decaf espresso
Before he could get onto the plane, the bear had to sit and wait a bit…
Then, finally in the plane. He did get a bit anxious over flying the ‘new’ Axis Airlines, having booked a ticket with Sterling, but shrugged it off.
Ah, finally, home. No, wait, what is this – this is not … Ah, well, he does seem to enjoy himself.
Bear sitting at the computer, pondering when he will be able to escape, and pursue his rightful owner…
maj 21st, 2008
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