Schwechat, Austria

Day 40, Friday, October 4, 2019

This is the view from our apartment window. It is a fairly busy street but as long as our windows are closed the apartment is very quiet. Austria has a “vignette’ sticker for travel on their highways. It costs 24 euros, instead of charging tolls on each highway.. So, we went to put it on our car and surprise, we have a parking ticket! No one else parked on the same street has a ticket and it is where our host told us to park! We can’t figure out why we got the ticket. We contact our host and he says we are legally parked. He thinks that maybe whoever issued the tickets doesn’t ‘like’ our Slovakian rental car and gave us a ticket!

We try to go to the Council office to fight the ticket but it closed at noon, and it is already 12:30, so we decide to just pay the ticket and not worry about it. These things can happen on holidays and it isn’t worth getting upset over.

After we sorted all that out, Bob went for a walk to the Danube River and I stayed home and do a bit of my blog and just take it easy.

It is about an hour walk to the Danube river. There is a hydro-electric dam across the Danube. Bob was able to walk onto the dam see some of downtown Vienna in the distance. He also watched a ship go through the locks beside the dam. It took about 20 minutes for the water to fill the lock so the ship could pass upstream.

I have mentioned before that this blog is a great souvenir for us as well as a way to keep in touch with family and friends.

I have a favour to ask. If you enjoyed reading a post could you ‘Like’ it or perhaps post a comment? It is kind of nice to know others are enjoying our blog too. Thanks so much to the people who have taken the time to comment. I really appreciate it.

12 thoughts on “Schwechat, Austria”

You are doing a marvelous job, Trudy, master blogger! You deserve an A+ for details, pictures and information. I am learning a lot and seeing so much through yours and Bob’s eyes that I may not need to take the same trip. 🙂

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Trudy on October 10, 2019 at 5:18 am said:

Hi Karen, thanks for the great grade! I do like blogging. It helps bus remember where we have been and what we have seen. On a long trip the sights can sometimes blur together and it is difficult to remember what we saw and where we saw it. I think you would enjoy taking a trip here. There is so much to experience. xox

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Hi Bob and Trudy,
Just like Karen we are loving reading your blogs and learning so much. I have a great desire to visit Prague now from reading your blog. Keep them coming. Stay well and safe. Love Rick and Pauline

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Trudy on October 10, 2019 at 5:03 am said:

Hi Rick and Pauline, how nice to hear from you and so glad you are enjoying following our travels. The days seem to fly by for us, there is so much to see and do. xox

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I am enjoying your blog Trudy. Thanks!

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Trudy on October 10, 2019 at 5:21 am said:

Hello Gisele, you are very welcome, I’m happy you are following along!

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I am absolutely loving this trip with you two. Thanks for taking me along! I read your blog with my morning coffee every day!

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Trudy on October 10, 2019 at 5:23 am said:

Hi Shannon, I love the thought of you having your morning coffee and reading about our adventures. It is always nice to know that others appreciate the effort blogging takes. Thanks.

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