Monthly Archives: September 2022

A chants meeting with Three Drunken Monks

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We left Vienna after breakfast headed west toward Salzburg with an intermediate stop planned at Melk Abbey. I’ll note here that those of you who abhor puns should be delighted you weren’t on our small bus this morning because I …

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A day for Applause

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A little revelation. An acquaintance of mine once told me that he’d peg me as frugal and I told him that regarding certain things that’s true but with regard to others it’s not. Last night and today are reasonable examples …

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He said, “The woman piaba…”

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A lot of afternoon remained so I knew I had time to wander around the city, find some more Mozart residences, take a photo of something unexpected in a city the size of Vienna, and visit another small museum while …

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All we are saying…

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I could only hope that the sun that greeted us Monday morning – by far the brightest start to any of my three days in Vienna – portended a day of equal quality. Earthbound’s schedule had only a tour of …

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Unexpected Vienna and A Little Night Music

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The group had more free time after our rather strange lunch – or strange until it became the norm. Although my notes don’t have legible confirmation, I believe we had our lunch at a restaurant called PĆ¼rstner where the specialty …

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