Becky Is On Vacation From Our Vacation...

So Becky is off to NYC for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show...

 Last year's winner.  Is it an omen?

I am not sure if I will hear from her while she is gone, or if she will Blog.  I hope she does because I think this outing is an important part of our planning.  It will give her some practice, and she can maybe get some ideas about what we need to prepare for as far as packing, clothing, etc. 

In any case, I have still been struggling with the trains.  I did, however make a great acquaintance in Vienna on Facebook, and she has given us a wonderful list of cheap things to do while we are there.  I think the best is information about the Vienna Tourist Card that we can buy for 18.50€.  It is good for 72 hours, and we have unlimited use of the buses, subways, and trams.  The site is very interesting, and there are discounts on nearly everything in Vienna that a tourist would want to see, including the Giant Ferris Wheel (cool!).  It is really interesting.  You can book a "cabin", apparently an enclosed area on the wheel, and have dinner. On the site there is even a place to plan your trip to the city.  Or if just interested in the transportation part of it, you can pay 10€ for unlimited public transportation for 48 hrs.  You can get on and off as much as you want.  Thank you, Isabella.

I hope Becky has realized (as I just did), that we are going to be in a country/city where NEITHER of us speaks the language.  I remember being in Albania and not speaking Shqip, but I had an interpreter.  This will be different.  I may need to learn a few German words or phrases, but they seem so difficult.  Maybe with English, my limited Italian, and a little (and I mean very little) German, we will get by.

This little foray into Becky's city actually started with me trying to find out where Wein was.  It is the destination for a train from Cologne that I am trying to figure out, and also a follow up on some things that Isabella (who is another Zucchero fan) sent me.  I will now go back to my train brain drain.



Now this is a committed fan!  The flies are replicas of ones on Zucchero's album "Fly".  Isabella designed the tribal part.  Beautiful tattoo and a good picture of Zucchero with Isabella.

Dee

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