Another great weather day here in lower Austria. I cant believe the luck I am having as far as that goes, hopefully it continues, but I am grateful for what I have received none the less. Today, I ate lunch on the Danube River at Wien Marina. It reminded me of Edgewater in Newburgh, only a little bit more open with outside seating. My meal was rather tasty, imagine quality chicken fried in almost a manner you would find at a Chinese restaurant settled on top of garlic tomatoes. It was very good and my hosts again were nothing but the best.
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| Votive Church (Votivkirche) next to Charlie P's |
Last night I ended up strolling around town and found Charlie P's Irish Pub. It was a very nice place, all English speaking, and actually had an American presence. Some law debate team from New York was competing in Vienna, they lost on Tuesday and were just enjoying life. Not the most wild bunch, and I really didnt even know there were such teams, perhaps they made it up, I would have never known. They moved on to the Triangle, which is Vienna's party district for a law mixer. I stayed around to eat dinner and was glad I did. Later in the evening was the Copa Del Rey final between Barcelona and Real Madrid. I'm not much for the soccer, but appreciated the emotion of the people supporting it. It was nice to see the interest from such a broad array. Without having a home team involved it was impressive, but I still feel they have ground to make up on some American sporting events. There are all kinds of claims I hear about European Football, and they are awesome, and perhaps the best fans in the world...however coming from a place that traditionally packs 100K plus into football games and even NASCAR races, the locals are not going to get NATO treatment from me and will have to earn this one.
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| You dont have to be Ronaldo to have a following in the USA. |
I am looking forward to the weekend, I'll have full days to travel and see things! I am unsure where I will be going, but it will be adventurous...take care.
