Monday, July 23, 2012

Standing room only

Our brief weekend in Vienna began with a train ride I shall describe as memorable.  I didn't know that in addition to buying a ticket I should have reserved seats, and the train was packed. For the first half hour, we stood.  Then, Mike sat down on his suitcase after first offering it to me. I started sliding off and opted for the floor alongside the backpackers with their disassembled bicycles. For a few minutes, this made me feel young, but then I began getting excruciating leg cramps and had to keep standing up to clear them.  Observing my discomfort, a lovely young Asian woman insisted on giving me her seat and later found one for Joe.  

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  1. You're so funny Dr. Gann (about sitting on the floor and feeling young before the cramps set in). The gardens look beautiful!

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  2. Roz, I am sorry you had to sit on the floor like this. Please take the bus next time (to Munich--if you go) because it is so comfortable. Everyone has a seat there and there are personal TVs in front of every seat where you can watch whatever you want and there is a stewardess that serves you free warm drinks. Your experience just sounds so miserable.

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