GREEK FOOD AND THE ITALIAN JOB
The best way to follow up a relaxing day at the pool... is with a relaxing day at the pool, of course! Today we went to Strandbad Baden, a fancy-pants pool club 15 min south of Moedling. We spent the better part of the afternoon at this enormous pool/beach/spa, complete with sulfur bath, lap pool, sandy beach area, high-dives and water slides! After almost losing my trunks on a certain 3meter high-dive in Stuttgart, I decided to take a pass. But, not willing to let the 8-yr olds show us up, we did have a go on the giant slide! (click to enlarge)
In several of the cities we've visited in the last few weeks, as well as in the past, I've commented to Babsi about how interesting some of the street layouts are -with their narrow, zig-zagged roads and alleys- and many times I've mused aloud at how they look like the set of many car chase scenes from movies. French Connection, Ronin, The Italian Job, The Bourne Identity, or any one of the Bond movies... the scenes are the same, the only difference being the actors and the sexy cars driven.
Lights, camera, action... tonight, I got to have my turn! As an early birthday surprise, Babsi rented me a hot, red MINI to whip around town!
We crusied over to the international food festival in City Hall park, right across from the Vienna opera house. Stands were set up with food from every corner of the globe, which made trying to choose pretty overwhelming. Babsi decided on Japanese, and I went Mediterranean and had this amazing Greek dish of chicken, basil, red peppers, olives, rosemary potatoes, and a sauce that I would sacrifice a limb to know how to make.
After shamelessly stuffing our faces, we decided to call it a night. Exhausted, and unable to engage the Austrian Polizei in a wild car chase around Vienna, we took the scenic route home.
In several of the cities we've visited in the last few weeks, as well as in the past, I've commented to Babsi about how interesting some of the street layouts are -with their narrow, zig-zagged roads and alleys- and many times I've mused aloud at how they look like the set of many car chase scenes from movies. French Connection, Ronin, The Italian Job, The Bourne Identity, or any one of the Bond movies... the scenes are the same, the only difference being the actors and the sexy cars driven.
Lights, camera, action... tonight, I got to have my turn! As an early birthday surprise, Babsi rented me a hot, red MINI to whip around town!
We crusied over to the international food festival in City Hall park, right across from the Vienna opera house. Stands were set up with food from every corner of the globe, which made trying to choose pretty overwhelming. Babsi decided on Japanese, and I went Mediterranean and had this amazing Greek dish of chicken, basil, red peppers, olives, rosemary potatoes, and a sauce that I would sacrifice a limb to know how to make.
After shamelessly stuffing our faces, we decided to call it a night. Exhausted, and unable to engage the Austrian Polizei in a wild car chase around Vienna, we took the scenic route home.
Brennilein - 6. Jul, 22:15
