M Monday, our second day in Vienna. We started the day with the 3.5 euro buffet at our hostel. Then we went off in search of some beautiful rose gardens and a labyrinth. We did finally find them, but they closed in November. :( We then went to the major Christmas market and walked around. The lights were beautiful, the red-bull hot-wine concotion was not!After getting into the Christmas mood we decided to see a movie at the English movie theatre.. Fred Claus. It was good for a laugh, as it had Vince Vaughn and Kevin Spacey in it.
Tuesday.. a relaxing day. We started by sleeping in, then writting in some christmas cards. Then Jesse got a much needed hair cut and shave, done with a real straight edge blade. He looks good, and he's actually happy with it! Jes always complains about his hair cuts. I guess now we just have to fly to Europe every time he needs one. We then went for a chinese food buffet. First time we've had Chinese food since leaving Canada.
Then off in search of another garden at the Palace. After much searching we did find it, and it was ok; the fountains were turned off, and there were no flowers in bloom, but there was some very nicely shaped hedges, and Christmas lights.
Then we hit happy hour at the music museum (half price on Tuesdays after 5pm). Very cool. You learn history of famous Austrian musicians like Mozart and Beethoven. There is an interactive floor that talks about sound and how it travels. There is a place where you stand in front of an orchestra on a huge screen and you conduct them. I thought it would be funny to make them play really really fast, but after about 30 seconds they just got mad and quit playing. One area had all sorts of sounds like people laughing, street noise in New York, people playing tennis etc, you can pick which sounds you want and make your own CD. Of course they make you pay for it, so we didn't buy ours, but had a lot of fun playing around making it.
After the museum we got a bite to eat and walked around looking at the amazing Christmas lights down town. We then got on the trusty #2 trolly that goes in a loop around the main area down town to look at the lights and sights at night. We got chatting with a lady on the tram who was asking us for directions. Luckily someone who spoke English well realized that we were giving her wrong directions and informed us that trusty #2 tram was heading outside the city as it was done for the day. If it wasn't for her who knows when we would have noticed and if we would know how to get back. With her guidance we managed to get back to the hostel to use the internet and chat with our roommate a bit.
This morning we were up bright and early and on a train to Prague. I really enjoyed the scenery and looking at the small towns we passed along the way. In many ways the buildings, in the towns anyway, look a lot like Romania. Once settled into our hostel we mailed our cards out, after getting a little lost trying to find the post office. Then did some grocery shopping and came back for a relaxing night at our hostel. We will be here for then next 5 nights, or so we have booked. This hostel has a deal where you get the 5th night free, so we will see after a day or so if we will for sure take them up on it :)Bye from Prague
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That's very interesting about Franz Kafka. Rudy and I hit The Fringe this summer and one of the plays was called "Kafka and Son." It's a one-man show and it is stunning. It consistently sells out at Fringes all over N.America, and is probably the best play I've ever seen. If it returns to the Fringe next summer, you may want to check it out.
Cool, we only really discovered the Fringe last year for the first time. The tickets to most shows are fair, although I wish they had some sort of combo package, something to make it a little more affordable. Previous years we just wondered past street vendors and sampled the local fare.
Speaking of "make Party", there is a Christmas Market and amuzement rides that rival Capital X in the middle of Berlin. We had some bratwurst and rubbed shoulders with a few thousand last night, pretty good turnout considering it was like -10°C out there.
Snoochie Boochies.
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