Notes of Importance...so far

1. These countries have GREAT food. I don't think we'Ve had anything yet that we have not liked.
2. However, bread is eaten at EVERY meal. And for 2 of those it is the main course. One of our hosts said that the only diet that exists here is that you just cut out bread.
3. Counrty Mouse you will appreciate this one: The restrooms here have been far superior to any other counrty I have been in... including alot of public restooms in US. There are also some interesting restooms. There is one at the Vienna Opera House that starts playing this rush of opera music when you enter the stall. There was one co-ed one, with a couple of stalls and a common wash area. And my favorite, a public toilette, costing .50, that you paid to the bathroom attendant (a man) and he escorted you to your stall. weird.
4. Matt Moore, you would love it here, all they eat is meat, potatoes, and bread.
5. I can drink beer!!! here's the lowdown. I only like dark beers, and i think i prefer wheat beers (however i will have to do some more research...)
6. I really like Vienna, however it is the most difficult to navigate city I have ever been in! Subway system is very easy to figure out....streets are a bitch!
7. Couch surfing has proven to be the superior way to travel! (unless you don't enjoy cool people and great conversation, and learning, and laughing, and saving money.)
8. MV's threshold for hanging out with me is 4 days. :-)
9. If you want to go to Berlin from Vienna, book your train ticket several days in advance or else you will be going back to Munich...which is fine too!
10. I miss you guys!
CM