Exciting day yesterday. We had to pull over at a service station to make an emergency stop. It seems our mother form Dubai was experiencing chest pains. Both of the nurses on board conquered that a doctor was required. An ambulance was called and within 5 minutes they arrived. Have no idea where they were hiding as we were in between Budapest and Vienna. After a number of tests they decided that all she was suffering from was a case of indigestion. An hour later and we were able to board the bus again and continue on our journey.
Vienna is a beautiful city and surprisingly, less expensive than Budapest was. We spent the afternoon on a walking tour that was rather dramatic as well. One of the English women got into a shouting match with our tour director. It seems we crossed a street and when she was following the group – while taking pictures at the same time – she almost got run over by the trolley. I thought – serves her right! Pay attention to where your going! She tore a strip out of the director like you wouldn’t believe. What a crab? And then to top it all over, the director did not notice that her mike was on when she discussed what a crab that woman was to one of the other travellers. We all just sort of snickered as we couldn’t help but agree with her.
After dinner, Mike and I went for a nice walk along the Danube. It was a lovely evening.
Today we went back to the centre of town and had the whole morning on our own to explore. Unfortunately we discovered the Swarovski original store. What a beautiful store! I sort of blew my budget there but it was worth it.
Saw the palaces of Maria Theresa. She was a much loved Empress – sort of. She had 16 children and 44 grandchildren. Her husband was known as the Gigolo of Austria because of all his affairs. However, he obviously spent some time with Maria Theresa.
Mike here: After lunch we headed to Prague where we are now. We are staying at a great hotel that is attached to a shopping centre. How convenient is that? Prague has changed so much since our last visit. Why more westernized with all the major stores and businesses. Tomorrow we are doing a tour of the Old Town.
1…St. Stephens Cathedral
2…No couples allowed????
3…a really cool fence
4…Hapsburg Palace
5…Your mother/grandmother/Evelyn with a bag over her head because she says I embarrass her too much so she is going to go on the bus like this just because I went next door in the hotel room and told them to quiet down and then I told a guy on the bus to keep the curtains open because I didn’t pay all this money to look at curtains which were blocking my view and besides my granddaughters don’t think I am crotchety…..
Postcards from Everywhere 