Graduation and AMT BlackForest, Fri May 26, 2023

Arrival in Vienna

Our first flight was a little bit late from Newark to Dublin then we had about an hour and went from Dublin to Vienna getting in at about 10:00 a.m. We were a bit hungry so as we were passing a restaurant on the way to get our bags we got a cheese strudel and large pretzel.

Our bags took a long time to get and getting an Uber took a while so we finally ended up at the Hotel Beethoven Wein around 11:30 and fortunately we were able to check in immediately.

Hotel Beethoven Wein

Walking around a bit

Late lunch / early dinner at Gumpendorfer Stube

We lounged around for a bit and rested up then went to restaurant Gumpendorfer Stube before they closed at 2:00 p.m. Kathi had potato and stone mushroom soup, and an egg dumpling dish. Chris had Hungarian goulash soup and beef with roasted potatoes. We celebrated his birthday with apple strudel and vanilla ice cream. We walked back to the hotel very full.

An extraordinarily peaceful global warming march


Police riding Africa Twin police motorcycles


The police clear an intersection before the marchers get there.
The march proceeds smoothly and in a highly organized fashion across the interesection while the police ride up to the next one.
Who knew that social unrest could be so polite and organized?

Relaxing on the mezzanine

Walking around quite a bit more

After resting and napping Chris decided to take off to find a grocery store and get a few items. Later we decided to wander around and see a little bit of Vienna. The weather was very nice for the evening.


Back to our hotel at 9:30pm. Maybe the jet lag won't be so bad.

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