Blogging on train, take 2

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> This morning we saw the museums, parliament, St. Stephans cathedral,
> the Demel chocolatier, and had lunch at the Oberlaa cafe, where we
> sat outside and enjoyed some Austrian fare.
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> On the advice of Mercedes, the not so helpful concierge at the
> Hilton Vienna Executive lounge, we ran halfway across the city with
> luggage in tow only to discover that the ticket counter at that
> particular train station would be closed until June. This caused us
> to miss the only direct train to Budapest. Oh joy.
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> And so began the adventure of dragging our luggage back across the
> city, while plotting the tortuous acts that we would like to subject
> Ms. Mercedes to. 3 subways and 1 tram later, we made it to the
> other train station and purchased our tickets to Hungary. The only
> concern is that we
> Will need to switch trains in Gyor, which is God knows where.
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> Now that we're on the train, the stress level is going down & I have
> a feeling that the fresh macaroons will be just what we need to
> offset the turbulent chain of events that occurred today. Good
> thing we each bought a box of 6 at Oberlee. That should be just
> enough to have us smiling again.