Today was painful. We checked out of our hotel room in Prague at 8:30 AM en route to Vienna, Austria. The trek is normally around 3 hours; but ours was closer to 7! Our bus driver was unable to obtain a bus permit to travel on the interstate, so a good portion of our trip took place traveling on small windy roads between towns. There was a stark contrast between Czeck Republic and Austria once we crossed the border. Austria’s countryside is full of beautiful rolling green hills. There is a lot of farmland and flowerbeds. There are also huge rabbits in the fields. They are literally the size of dogs and can be seen from far distances.
Once we arrived to Vienna, our driver was supposed to transfer us directly to our business visit to Pitney Bowes, but instead he took us to a hotel (and it wasn’t even the hotel we were supposed to stay at). We had to travel all of the way to the other side of Vienna to get to Pitney Bowes. We ended up getting there an hour late. The Pitney Bowes employees who were there to greet us had to stay an extra hour after their work shift— which is like asking someone to give up a kidney. They were very generous and understanding of our situation. We just blamed it on traffic.
Because of our delays, we didn’t have very much time to explore Vienna (thus the not so great pictures); but we were able to hit most of the hot tourist spots. The highlight of Vienna was our dinner. It was by far the best meal I had on this trip. I had chicken cord’en bleu and authentic Viennese schnitzel. The hotel we stayed at was also much nicer.
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