One Year Anniversary

We celebrated our one year anniversary in Vienna, Austria. It started with an overnight train on Friday night which unfortunately, we missed. We stood on the platform for half an hour when an announcement was made over loud speakers that our train was 40 minutes late. We decided to go get a bite to eat while we waited and although we were back in less than 40 minutes , we cut it too close. The train arrived earlier than predicted and we got there as it was making it’s last call for people to board. We ran up to a conductor, showed him our tickets and asked if it was the right train. Since it was earlier than we expected, we wanted to make sure. He said no and pointed down the train. We were pretty sure it was so we ran in the direction he pointed and asked a female conductor a few cars down while holding out our tickets. The train started to move and she waved us away.

Long story short, they were able to get us on another train two hours later and we arrived in Vienna on Saturday at 11am. We checked in to our hotel, showered, and headed straight to a large outdoor market one of Rick’s bosses suggested we visit. It was almost like going to a huge yard sale because venders were selling everything from old shoes and clothes to artwork, lamp shades, antiques, food, and many other things. It was a lot of fun and we spent most of the afternoon wandering through it.

We then headed to the similar Sacher Hotel for traditional sacher cake. It was delicious!

Rick made reservations at a nice restaurant and bought tickets for us to see the Vienna Mozart Orchestra that evening. We got dressed up, had a wonderful dinner, and enjoyed a fabulous concert in upgraded box seats!

We spent Sunday sight-seeing and took another overnight train that night. It’s quite unpleasant trying to sleep sitting up for nearly 11 hours and thankfully had a chance to spread out for a few hours at the end. Rick had to head straight to work from the train and just took the suitcase and changed into a suit once he got there. He was a great sport but we were both exhausted and ready for a shower.

It was a wonderful trip and quite an exciting way to celebrate our one year anniversary. We couldn’t have chosen a better city for the occasion!