Monday, June 26, 2006

14 minutes from Heathrow

I'm in Heathrow, and I'm using my last pounds for 15 minutes here. Vienna was never dull. We took a fairly busy night on the town and managed to stay out after the underground closed, and were forced to take teh bus. By the time we arrived at our hostel, the sun was up. I still managed to get up before noon and hit the city. The rest of the guys slept till 2:00 and then sunbathed and did laundry at the Hostel. They seemed to be in need of the down time, but i can't say I regret using my time in Vienna to actually the city. That night we saw a small orchestra play tunes from Mozart and Strauss. Our tickets were only 24 dollars, but for some reason teh guys believed they were going to some huge concert and were disappointed when they discovered it was in a small theater with a 11 person orchestra. I enjoyed it, its what I expected, and its what I paid for. Today after we checked out of our hostel we tried for a hydrofoil boat ride up the Danube to Bratislava, but upon arriving discovered it was sold out. After backtracking throughthe subways to eh bus station, we discovered we had just missed a bus by about 15 minutes, and the next was not until 4:00. So then we took a tram to the train station. Its amazing how many modes of travel you can pack into a day. We finally arrived by train in Bratislava at about 12:30pm. It took us a long time to figure out the buses and things to the airport before we went into see the city, no one spke a word of english. The city was interesting, though of us knew what there was to do or see. We walked around for a the afternoon and had a meal. the heat was insane, by the time we arrived at teh Bratislava airport, I was dripping sweat, and everytime I'd go dry my face off in the bathroom, another bead would form on the tip of my nose within minutes. I don't know how we are going to survive in India. Fortunately the flight was very cool. I think for once I really enjoyed my flight, simply because it was such great relief from teh past few days of unrelenting heat and humidity. Well, I have 1 minute to publish this post, so more will have to come later. Now I have to go find a corner in the airport to pass out for a few hours. Viva India!