Visiting Vienna

After planning this trip for over 12 months we actually got off to a rather scratchy start. I lost my boarding pass within 2 min of recieving it and left my passport on the scanning machine in Sydney.  The nice Emirates ladies printed me a new boarding pass and suggested I give my passport to my wife to look after.

Met Tony and Sue in our Vienna apartment as planned and spent today visiting the main sights. It seems Austria has long been rich and beautiful.  The Romans and the Hapsburgs left plenty of evidence of wealth and high culture while contemporary
Vienniese seem to be focussed on coffee, cutting edge design and technology. We are a long way from Bugaldie.








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  1. UnknownMay 30, 2018 at 12:55 AM

    Hi Mark,
    I suppose you are kneeling in that magnificent church to thank God that you have a wife who can look after your passport for you. Love Mum

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