Vienna

Vienna

Vienna Austria was our first stop on our autumn adventure.  British Airways managed to get us and our luggage here on time, but unfortunately, the baggage handlers must have tossed our bags a little too roughly.  We discovered our camera was broken in flight, after we had climbed a really steep hill at Shoen Brunner Castle gardens to get that perfect shot of the castle with Vienna in the background. Bummer!!!  Of course we could have shot a photo with Stan's Blackberry device, but neither of us thought of that until later in the day when we were in a camera shop purchasing a new camera.  It is very bad when our 'senior moments' coinside.  Other highlights of Vienna were St. Stephen's church, the Hofburg palace, the beautiful white Lipizzaner Stallions, Belvedare Castle and art museum. 

Today, October 14, 2010, we drove from downtoen Vienna to Prague, Czech Republic.  Stan and the Garmin GPS were fighting over who was navigating, but in the end we arrived timely and in good shape. Just about half way through the trip I realized that the speed signs posted were for minimum speed on the Autobahn, not top speed limits.  (No wonder everyone was passing me!)  The second half of the trip I like to think that I was driving like a European.