Meshing Past and Present

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I realy dont like vienna, and what you wrote down here realy sounds typicaly like vienna. the most arrogant people on this planet! Vienna sees itself as a great cultural capital of the german speaking world. when in fact almoust every importent writer and scientist from austria died in poverty or political exil.

Vienna was "meh" but Shonbrun, was beautiful! I loved the palaces we toured. And I play piano, so being in the palace where Mozart played... well, it tugs my heart-strings.

rude? wow, i never met a rude tschek in all of my life, my expirences were more fascinating. especialy the cafe slave, i went there because of it`s reputation and thought it would be filled with tourists and was suprised and fascinated to find people writing peotry and the general flair was just amazing.
the best beer in the world is from tschek republik, but the prices have gone up together with it`s economy, the tschek republic isn`t that sterotypical former eastblock nation anymore, the old stalinist buildings have disapeared and the country prospers.

I'll just point out that you are a German, and I am an American who doesn't speak any foreign languages... that may be the issue we had there, my husband only speaks French and some Arabic.

did you privatise it. I cant think of a better way of transportation. It`s kind of a thing wich is used by a lot of people and isn`t realy expensive here.

Amtrak is the train service here. I believe it is subsidized by the government, but most people either take a bus, plane, or drive. Mass transport? Not in America, my friend.

i cant wait to spend as much time as possible abroad before i become a father
I was planning to go on a trip to India within the next 2 years.

Now that I have kids, I can't wait to show them the world! My husband travels to Africa several times a year for his work. In fact when we got engaged he told me I had to go for a visit, and very seriously he said, "If you don't enjoy Africa, I don't think we can get married." Twist my arm :-P That was another amazing trip. But I really want my kids to experience it. If you haven't been, go. We only went to Kenya (which my husband refers to as "the Disneyland of Africa"), but it was just awesome. The landscape, the animals, but mostly the people we met, just a really great trip.
Asia is what we are planning for our next major trip. We both want to see India and just puddle jump from there all the way to Japan (I really want to see the cherry blossoms in Japan, we have them in DC, and I want the total package deal). It'll probably be awhile before we can do it, but it will be done, it's on both of our lists of things to do before we die.