We're off to wander around Vienna on foot and via public transit. This is our last full day in Europe and the weather is co-operating better here than back home in not-so-sunny Birch Bay.
Before we leave, we'll request an electric fan for our room. Our windows face the afternoon sun, only one window opens (just a crack), the air conditioning is clearly not turned on, and the warmth of the room last night was annoying. We've been fortunate in all of our other hotel rooms this trip to have windows that open and help us to keep the room as cool as we like it for sleeping.
We may revisit the Gulaschmuseum. Since we've just finished a hearty buffet breakfast in the Hilton restaurant, we'll have to do some serious walking to feel we've earned that treat.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.