Vienna
Trip Start
Sep 19, 2007
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Trip End
Dec 01, 2007
Vienna,
Austria
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Or should I say greetings from a smoky internet cafe in Vienna. I don't think Europe received the anti-smoking message yet and as a result after only a month we have much darker lungs. In fact, I think we may end up in Amsterdam as the baby now requires something a little more substancial than nicotine to get her through the day.
Tim can fill you in on all the geography, architecture and history. I'm here to tell you what you really want to know: how we're eating and sleeping.
I have been an unfaithful vegan and have had a generous amount of dairy products and a few samplings of meat. It all tastes as I remember it but now comes with a guilty conscience. I have a bit of acne and I tried to blame it on the dairy I've been eating but my husband pointed out that I had this much acne before. Where has all the love gone? I think we left it in Paris, we'll be sure to pick it up again on our way home. The baby has been eating fairly well and still gets as much breast milk as she likes - especilly when she's kicking up a fuss in the middle of the night in a hostel or at museum. It'll be a hard habit to break upon our return but I'm sure we'll manage.
Speaking of hard habits to break, We've developed a few, First the baby has slept with us every night since our arrival, without insident, except the other night when she crawled out the top of our bed. She was fine and it just involved us re-arranging furniture to fix the situation. Second, we now think it's a good idea, if not a necessity, to eat a sweet pastry or an ice cream cone every single day. The baby herself has been given ice cream and just like her parents she loves it. We also bought some baby cereal in Hungrary without being able to read the cereal box and it may as well have been a vanilla cake mix we were feeding her. We've since bought a healthier version and surprise, surprise she dosen't like it as much. Finally, we've progressed from our $20 gelato in Rome to $14 coffees in Vienna. After being caffeine free my entire pregnancy and lactation I decided that I couldn't pass through Paris and Italy without trying the coffee. And thus I am hopelessly addicted and for some reason willing to pay these prices. We have a strict budget. It's our budget but Tim's making us stick to it. But we both need our coffee. SEND MONEY FAST. tee hee
We visited a museum today and it was a perfect day for it as it is rainy. We got soaking wet on the way home and will probably stay put for the night now. Tomorrow we head to Slovakia for a few days. We've come from Romania, and I never thought I'd say this, but I found it incredibly boring. Although a nice Romanian lady gave Mirabel and I a bag of food when we were walking around on the street looking to buy warmer clothes. I think she thought we were poor. And the crazy thing is, I took the bag from her. I think I thought it would be easier than trying to explain to her that I'm an english speaker etc. etc. Anyways we left the food in our last hostel for the fellow traveller who had previously helped themselves to our food anyways, just like being back in university. Okay as you may have guessed Tim and I could go on and on with these updates but I'll sign off now.
Much love,
Rachel
