Hours driven: 5
Traffic incidents: 1(who knew you needed a special sticker for tolls in Austria? Found out about 1.5 hours into drive. Hoping penalty isn't too stiff as RS claims it is)
Great highways that I mostly paid for: 1
Missing work: some
Apprehension about 31st birthday: lots (but not as bad as 30!)
Mountains seen: lots
Men peeing: 1 (I won today - that's lindsay 2 mom 1 dad 0)
Palaces: 1
Successful parking spots: 2
Times through Miranda Lamberts new album: 4 (thanks A&A!)
Songs I hate on it: 1 - what is with the voice changer on that one song? Other than that, I LOVE the entire album
Rivers outside of hotel rooms: 1
Distance from downtown Vienna: 15 miles
Schnitzels: 1
Wine: 3 glasses :)
Apple strudel: .5
Combining posts for today considering I'm behind. We reluctantly left Salzburg on early. I should have planned 3 nights there for the food and ambience alone. What a great city. After realising that I needed to buy a toll tag for Austria about 1.5 hours into the trip, I stressed for the next 2 hours about what kind of fine I was going to have for all the cameras I went through. Ah well, life is short, party on. We made it into Vienna around lunch, which was perfect because the road that Faith led us down went right by Schonnbrunn palace, which meant that if parking was available, we could kill that on day 1 without having to stress ourselves the next day.
Palace was as good as last time. The gardens weren't planted like I thought they would be, so that was a bit disappointing. But all in all, a great day at the grounds. No rain (even though we left Salzburg in a down pour) and perfect weather.
After that we headed out of Vienna for the hotel. I couldn't find a hotel in the city centre that I felt comfortable parking at online, so I went with one about 15 miles outside of town, which ended up perfect because it had a huge parking lot and was right on a little river again. Bonus: apple strudel and wine for dinner!
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