Evan and I got on the train in
Budapest and about three blissful hours later, we were in Vienna. You gotta love those European trains! We checked into our hotel room and cast about
for what to do first. Well, we loved the
boat rides in Budapest so much we took the same one twice. So why not take one in Vienna?
Seems I should have done more
homework on Vienna. Here are a couple of
things I didn’t know when we got there that I know now. Vienna is on the (not so blue) Danube River
but it is not oriented to the river like Budapest is. I’m not sure why, but in Vienna the Danube
seems like an afterthought. Another
thing about Vienna that I didn’t know is that it has got to rank up there on
the list of the most graffitied cities in the world. Along the waterfront, the graffiti is nothing
short of spectacular. We learned later
that it is not illegal for taggers to tag along the river and so with no holds
barred, the river walls are colorful, exciting examples of Street Art. That is the subject of the blog today. Later, I will show you the Vienna that I
thought I was going to see.
One of the interesting things about
travel is meeting people. On our boat
ride in Vienna, we happened upon the delightful Jennifer from near Melbourne,
Australia. Jennifer was taking a seven
week trip through Europe at her own pace going where she wanted when she
wanted. Boy, I admire that! We yakked the whole way up and down the
Danube. Here’s a photo of Jennifer with our waiter
who was from South Africa. Lying in bed
this morning, I was thinking that I would like to calculate the number of miles
we all had to travel to get to that place at that time, but I’m afraid my math skills
are lacking. But I think it ends up
being quite a lot.
By the way, I don't know what's up with blogger but these white lines seem to be a permanent fixture on my page. I am not sure how to turn them black. And the fonts and spacing seem to have lives of their own all of a sudden. Oh, well...
