We take the train into the city. J says that he has been to Vienna tons of times and takes the lead. We walk around and look at some buildings and statues. After about an hour the group realizes that J has no idea where we are or where we are going. We are lost. We ask for directions and I think that the people in that city were screwing with us because they would always tell us different ways. The map we had did not have individual street names. It was a subway map. After walking for, no joke, 3 hours we arrive at the area in Vienna that J wanted us to see. We walked all that way to see a church. Are you kidding me! We came here for this!? I put on a good face and go inside and prayed that the group would want to go back to the airport soon. We visit 3 or 4 more churches. If I wasn't so tired I am sure I would have appreciated them more. For lunch we stop for at a cafe for some coffee. I wolf down some small sandwich they had on the menu.
J says that we really should go see the rose garden. Vienna is famous for it. I am starting to think this guy is crazy. We head off in the direction J thinks is the rose garden. Along the way we come across the Vienna Spanish Riding School. This place looks cool. If we had stayed the weekend here I would have made someone come with me to see it. We keep walking around the building. Out of the corner of my eye I spot the stables where they keep some of the horses. There were giant windows for people to look into the main area of the stables. There was also two giant french doors. One of the doors were open. I was not sure if this was on purpose of if someone had just forgotten to shut the door. B walks straight through the doors and starts getting close to the horses and checking them out. I am not sure he is suppose to be in there. The rest of the group, including myself, stay on the outside and watch B walk around the stables. All of the sudden we hear a bunch of noise behind us. There are 6 men coming our way with horses. It looks as though they just finished practicing with them. Oh no. B is about to get in trouble. The first two guys enter the stable with their horses and don’t notice B. The third guy sees him right away. He starts scream at B! B is totally shock. I can barely stand from laughing so hard.
We find the rose garden. There are hardly any roses in bloom. It is still too early. I sit on a bench to rest my feet while J goes around and smells the roses that are in bloom. The thing I did notice is that all of the birds in Vienna are freaking huge! The pigeons look like little piglets. The crows are so massive I am astonish they can even make it off the ground.
We convince J to take us back to the airport. The whole group has seen enough of Vienna. We get lost on our way back to the train. J says "Put me in the woods and I can find anything. Put me in a city and I get lost in two seconds." He is not joking. We find a police officer and ask him where the train to the airport. He informs us that we are on the totally opposite side of Vienna. We tar and feather J.
We arrive back at the airport with 4 hours to spare. I decide to stay away and just sleep on the plane.
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