Europe Trip - Vienna Day 1

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Day 1
I have now arrived at Vienna airport. The security.. uhh what security, this is awesome out the gate I roll. I was suggested I pay for a taxi to get to the hotel because it would be easiest. Screw that! I hate taxis, and I am willing to throw myself out there and go on the train. You know, non-wuss style.

I followed the signs to the train station (under the airport) and found a ticket terminal. There was English translations from German but they were a bit rough. I bought a ticket that seemed correct and went down to wait for the train.

Shit its cold!! Underground, Vienna, March. BUURRRR!! So I dug out a sweatshirt (Sierra Nevada of course). Ahh much better :) The train showed up (on time) and while it looked old is was quite clean. We are trundling along and I pull out my mobile phone (Cell phone here after to be called a mobile phone) and load up the Vienna map I downloaded from Google, kick on the GPS and point it out the window. 10 stops later I arrive at the place I think I should be. Grabbing my crap, I head out of the station, and stop to get my bearings. I know my hotel is close to here but this area the road goes in a large circle so I needed to find north.

Ahh my phone shows north as a compass as well, and oh look! The GPS has kicked in and its showing me on the Google maps. I find my hotel on the map and start walking, following my progress with the phone. I know, I kick ass  :P Entering the hotel I meet Kasey! WOOT! I check in and we head up to the room to dump off my crap. She bought me sushi and chocolate :) This was a 1000x better then any food I had while traveling here.

Unluckily for me there is not rest for the non-wussy. She tells me that there is a Moot (Practice court competition) on in 2 hours and I don't have to go but I can if I want. What the hell right! So I take a long shower to get the traveling grit off and feel a bit more human. Change into my suite and go meet up with everyone. Meeting up with the other girls on the team, and the two coaches I met Chris who is one of the coaches husband. He informs me that he would like to go have a look around and find a beer if possible. The moot doesn't look like it will start for another 30 minutes so we head off! Walking around close to the building where the team is we found an outdoor pub, where we ordered two unfiltered wheat beers in massive glasses for 4 euro each. Nice stuff!

Felling a bit better we head back to the competition and watch the moot which lasted about 3 hours? Maybe 2 1/2 hours.

After the moot everyone wanted a late dinner (its 10pm now) and I am starting to see ghosts, faeries, and dragons after being awake for 2 days, but I agree because who isn't a party pooper? Me :-D The restaurant was very nice and before I knew what was happening champagne was being poured into everyone's glasses. I am not a white wine drinker, but I do like the bubbles occasionally, so I woke myself up for this one! Direct notes from my phone journal " tasted like bras bubbles to start with but the roundNess and apple sort me flavor at t.e end  was awesome"

After dinner we went back to the hotel, WOOT!, and I slept for 8 hours only to reset my clock. 

Day One was over! Day two was just about to start