The First Days

Trip Start Aug 16, 2008

Trip End Aug 27, 2008

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Where I stayed

with Barb, Hannes, Gregor and their assortment of creatures

(Vienna hotels)

Flag of Austria Guntramsdorf, Austria
Monday, August 18, 2008

Ahhhhh... Airports! The first step in any adventure! I happen to love them and for this trip, I walked through all the checkpoints with this huge grin on my face the whole time! I even had security guards and customs agents smiling and joking around! Can you believe it? Most importantly, my shoes got raves from one of the guards and she and I both agreed that Winners is THE best place to shop! LOL

Made friends with a couple from Puerto Rico in the ticket line in WPG and now have an invite to go stay with them! They were so nice and they were happy to 'look out' for me!

Was 'displaced' from my seat heading to Chicago and did a bit of a 'musical seat' thing that eventually had half the plane laughing like crazy! I'd try to sit, and then have to move for the rightful owner. There were a bunch of businessmen on the plane (some of whom I briefly sat beside) and the jokes that started flying were hilarious! When I finally ended up in a seat (after everyone had boarded) one guy commented that I must be happy to not feel like a salmon anymore, I said yes and then another guy pipes up with "Just you wait... halfway through the flight, they're going to call 'snowball' ... and then you'll be in trouble!" I looked at him and said " Wait a minute... it didn't tell me that on my ticket!" Everyone laughed... even the folks at the back of the plane were laughing by this time!

The transfers went smoothly, the flights were fine, the wine was free (YAHOO) but I still CANNOT sleep on planes! I was only awake for 30 hours straight this time... better than last time!

So, everyone.... I am here, I am safe and I'm off to get my Oma and go shopping! Tune in later for updates on stinky cheese, stinky feet and toilets! I'm not kidding! Really! Come back... You'll love it!

Ciao,
R