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... I also saw Hunderwasser Village where an architect/artist made public housing but he did not believe in straight lines, he liked nature and thought that straight lines were unnatural, he also designed a tree that grows in the middle of it. Pretty cool. Although a bit ironic, because he died at sea, by...nature. Moving on...

The next morning I took the metro (I am fastly becoming an aficionado of public ...

... all the performers in costume, 9 musicians - string, wind and keys; opera singers, and ballet dancers. We had front row seats, close enough we could reach out and touch the pianist. She had the straightest back, wonderful posture. It was magic, and the lead violinist awesome. This city loves its music and it certainly shows. Back to our ship, via a tour of the city lights, and set sail for Durnstein.

... brought a nice suit to wear to the ball. About 20 minutes after our arrival, someone approached Rachel's boyfriend speaking rapid German. He realized their confused faces and looked for his supervisor. It turns out that ties are not allowed at the ball...only bowties. The man couldn't believe that Rachel's boyfriend was allowed in. His supervisor arrived and took one look at his tie ...

... with appearances by two ballet dancers, and two opera singers. The acoustics in the theatre was amazing. I thought the man - a baritone - was gorgeous and even Les had to agree with me on that one. The only fly in the ointment was having to listen to a woman complain about the disorganization of getting into the event, and how terrible it was that so few people spoke English in Vienna. I decided she was an obnoxious American - until I found out she was ...

... not disappointed. From my previous travels, I knew that Hungary had some great wines so I allowed myself to indulge a little and we ordered a bottle. We enjoyed an excellent meal and indulged in dessert and dessert drinks. We savored every drop of wine, until the very end when Dan knocked it over and I ended up wearing the last few drops. It was a bit of an extravagant meal but after 3 days of transnational driving, we figured we deserved a treat.

... and painted the most beautiful colours - they don't like brick as much over here and everything is rendered. One thing is for sure, they are very festive, it is clear that it is Easter, or was just a few days early. In our walks we came across a shop that according to books has over 140,000 had blown and hand painted eggs, both chicken eggs and also ostrich eggs. It was truly amazing, everywhere you looked in the shop there were eggs, not only to celebrate easter ...