Vienna, Aug. 21

We were in this city at 11:30 a short trip from Budapest. We were dropped off at the center of the city near the cathedral and G and I spent a couple of hours walking up and down the ped way. We stopped in at the information to get a better map and to find out how to get to our hotel because the bus was taking the crew on an included city tour of which I didn't want to go. I had been two times before and another time would be overdoing it for me. It's not one of my favourite places so I walked the 30 minutes along the Danube. G took the tour on his own with his new friends.
As we were sitting having a coffee and waiting for G's bus tour to start, we were served by a sweet young man who was from Budapest. Weird isn't it how we are so connected. He was kind and told us what to do in the city and how to get there that would be different for us. We joked back and forth about how he left all the pretty girls in Budapest and doesn't have one here. His mom says the same thing. We left telling him to remember to call his mother and tell that he loves her.
In the evening we took our waiters advice and went by tram to the east side of the city and spent the evening in a Austrian Disney World. It wasn't very busy and we wondered why. We wondered, that is, until we reached our destination of the Schwizer Haus which is a huge beer festival area just teaming with people. We had to wait 10 min for a place to sit but then we ordered two different meals and shared them. In this tents the meals came tok you on a plate that is too small carrying food that is too large. G had schnitzel and I, good grief, do you remember those big baseballs that I told you about from Dresden, well that's what showed up on my plate again smothered in sauerkraut. Both plates were great.
Head out today for another 2 hours of free time in the center and then head for Prague. This is going to be my favourite place I think.