Today began in regular fashion, I went to work. There were a few differences though. Work here doesnt start until roughly 9AM, most wear sports coat and tie, and its within walking distance from my hotel. All in all I will take the trade despite nearly pitting out before I even got to work by walking on the sunny side of the bridge. Lessons learned my friends....
This was my first day with via donau. My host, Michael, is a very gracious individual that created a schedule for me to follow for the next few weeks. It appears that I will be keeping my bags packed as my travels will be frequent, but for the next two weeks I will be in what I already consider my European home, Vienna.
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| American Bar near Center City. |
So what made today special? Today is America's Patriots Day. I am not a Bostonian, but I am an American and it gave me a reason to be happy. The Boston Marathon and the morning Red Sox game just scream USA to me despite not being able to view ESPN. So after visiting Port of Vienna this afternoon, I decided that it was too nice out to sit in the hotel and waste countless hours reading internet news. So I celebrated at a place that I found fitting enough. I noticed a few college aged American's sitting together around two small Viennese tables and asked where they were from and if they were too celebrating Patriots Day, their answer, "DC, and is it really Patriots Day?". I said yes, smiled, and subtly continued reading the papers in front of me. What did I expect really? "Hell yeah, Go America!"? Would have gotten them one free drink, but of course I didn't expect that. But hey at least I heard a typical American voice give a typical American answer. Being so far away, it was patriotic enough on this day.
