Well Vienna is certainly more picturesque than these photos show but we haven't downloaded those pictures yet. The biking tour dropped us off in Vienna on Tuesday morning and we taxied over to the Hotel Bristol (what a beautiful hotel in the center of town). The Concierge at the hotel became our best friend. I strode up to him and told him we have been traveling for 5 weeks and need some services (I'm sure he thought we were coming off the mountain!). So basically Tuesday was like any other day at home.....dry cleaners, laundromat, postal service, haircut for Glenn and a hair dye touch up for Roz (hated him for taking that picture). I'm sure we were a sight walking back and forth through the elegant lobby with our over stuffed backpacks and onto the trolley. But we have enjoyed the past two days touring the palaces and museums as well as meeting up with 11 of our biking friends for dinner. We have just returned (Thursday night) from the Vienna Opera House and seeing La Boehme in a balcony box nonetheless. We had met a fellow Californian gentlemen that told Glenn that the Opera wasn't so bad and is wasn't. We're inexperienced, who knew, but each seat had a little translation screen so we were able to follow along. Vienna is renowned for music of all types, so we made like Europeans and enjoyed the show along with the beautiful surroundings of the building. It was a moment!
Well Vienna is certainly more picturesque than these photos show but we haven't downloaded those pictures yet. The biking tour dropped us off in Vienna on Tuesday morning and we taxied over to the Hotel Bristol (what a beautiful hotel in the center of town). The Concierge at the hotel became our best friend. I strode up to him and told him we have been traveling for 5 weeks and need some services (I'm sure he thought we were coming off the mountain!). So basically Tuesday was like any other day at home.....dry cleaners, laundromat, postal service, haircut for Glenn and a hair dye touch up for Roz (hated him for taking that picture). I'm sure we were a sight walking back and forth through the elegant lobby with our over stuffed backpacks and onto the trolley. But we have enjoyed the past two days touring the palaces and museums as well as meeting up with 11 of our biking friends for dinner. We have just returned (Thursday night) from the Vienna Opera House and seeing La Boehme in a balcony box nonetheless. We had met a fellow Californian gentlemen that told Glenn that the Opera wasn't so bad and is wasn't. We're inexperienced, who knew, but each seat had a little translation screen so we were able to follow along. Vienna is renowned for music of all types, so we made like Europeans and enjoyed the show along with the beautiful surroundings of the building. It was a moment!
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