Christine's Rantings

Friday, October 19, 2007

Good Wine in Wein


Seth and I really enjoyed Vienna. The highlights included;
  • Yummy potatoes at the restaurant above. We also had a lovely Austrian Reisling and a fantastic dessert wine that was made by the father in law of the waiter.
  • The strangest and politest political protest I have ever seen. About 10 people were standing in a small cluster on one side of the street yelling and blowing whistles while 8 or so bored looking police officers stood on the other side of the street watching them, chatting to each other and smoking cigarettes.
  • A very expensive but fun tour of town in a horse drawn carriage. Our driver was quite funny and took us for a glass of wine afterwards.
  • An insane taxi driver who made many attempts to kill us by running red lights and weaving between lanes. Luckily he did not succeed.
  • Speaking German. Well, I guess pointing at two danishes and saying 'Zwei bitte' does not really qualify as speaking German but we all have our delusions, right?

Don't Call Me Madam

Please don't. I have had 3 people call me that in the last two weeks. Does that mean I am/look officially old? Dom told me that maybe they didn't think I was old, maybe they thought I run a brothel. I am not sure that helps!

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Crap Celebrity Spotting Texas Style


Linda Gray from Dallas. As I was walking him from the Racing Page this evening, I walked past back door of Richmond Theatre to find her surrounded by old men (they sounded German) outside the stage door.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Another Country Heard From

Just wanted to make a post from Austria so I can add to the 'international-ness' of my blog.

Will post pics from the NHL and NBA games I attended recently.

Later,
Me