Gourtmet Hotel Am Forthof Krems

Backtrack to Friday: what do do on a rainy evening in Vienna? Go to a concert of course. Went to the Karlskirche, a spectacular church near the Belvedere, where they had a performance of Mozart's Requiem. Tickets with seats were €36 which seemed a bit steep for such a short piece, so instead I grabbed a 'standing' ticket for only €12. Even better, after everybody was in, the ushers produced floor cushions and even some folding ...

... Great view of the town and countryside from the terrace. We went back down to the town to wait for the buses to take us to the ship. The bus ride was nice, passing through villages along the river. Our boat was waiting for us at the town of Grein. As soon as the last person was onboard the ship was pulling away. Had a nice leisurely dinner with some friends we have made from Pittsburgh. Then had a chat with Tunde on Skype and I worked on updating my blog.

... on the Danube river. Every passenger was on deck as we left Melk to watch (for 2 hours) the most dramatic and beautiful scenery slowly float by (which included acres and acres of vineyards which nicely complimented the wine tasting event on the deck). The people on the river are fun too .. waving and doing crazy stunts!

... you couldn't read. You order and wait in high anticipation until the waitress brings it out and you find out if you guessed well or not. Justin and I always order something different and split both just in case one of us gets stuck with something like calf's lung or liver (saw it on a menu here and now that would have been a bad guess).

Today it was still raining so we did some errands in the morning and then to Stift Melk in the afternoon. It ...

... traffic. Horrid. With hindsight I could have taken a ferry or backtracked to a bridge but ... And I was slow too so it was all a bit unhappy. After about an hour the sponsored ride fella caught me up; we commented on how noisy the site was and soon he was dust. In places the Austrians have built a cantilevered path over the Danube as the space between the hills and the river is so narrow. After about 11km there is a dam and the map ...

Hello Family, Friends, Rotarians, and anyone else looking at my entry. I arrived yesterday in Vienna at 8:40 the airport was so much different than the ones in USA, probably because it is a neutral nation, i got off the plane and we were in the main terminal building that had shops and eating places i walked in the direction that said exit Vienna and after walking for about 5 minutes past more stores and many other branching off pathways before i reached where they stamped my ...

... zum Jammern gehabt, nicht weil sie sich verirrt haben, das ist heute nicht das erste Mal passiert. Sondern weil sie ihre Betreuer verpasst haben. Der Lauftag beginnt täglich um 6:00 und um 8:30 gibt es das erste Treffen mit den BetreuerInnen, doch leider nicht heute. Nach 2,5h Laufen ohne Frühstück waren keine Betreuer zu sehen, nach 3h noch immer nicht und erst nach 3,5 Stunden - die Zeit, in der die meisten einen Marathon ...

This area of Austria is called the Wachau region because of its extremely fertile land where they produce wine. Everywhere you look you see vineyards even on really steep mountains. We stopped at a couple vineyards to sample the wine. This is a nice break from following the Danube and the scenery is unbelievable.

... Pat might come with us on that trip. (He is currently studying abroad in Ireland) Once we get to Innsbruck area, we are going to try to do some hiking for about 4-5 days. This is one article on the region that I have checked out. href=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullp age.html?res=9A0DEFDD153EF932A25756C0A9 60948260&sec=travel&pagewanted=1 The short version of what the article tells you is that you get off of the train a little ways up from where the train ...

... interesting to explore with some of the most beautiful and ornate gardens that I have seen so far. Another highlight was the Vienna boys choir at Sunday morning mass, it was bit strange to have tourists snapping photos of some of the choir when they came down from the loft at the end of mass. Their voices were amazing. I also went to see the Spanish riding school, which wasn´t something that I thought would really appeal to me but I was in a touristy mood. I was ...