Hi Everyone!
Before we even get started this week, I wanted to remind
everyone of my monthly giveaway. I’m giving away a $25 gift certificate of your
choice. The rules are all listed in the right column of the blog and here’s the
recap: You must comment to enter. There’s a few other technical things but
really, all you need to do is read the post and make a comment on what you’ve
read. It’s that easy. Let’s get to it…
I am
so sorry that this week’s scoop is late! My allergies have mainly be on hiatus
while here but this year is very different and they are kicking my butt. What’s
strange is that I really don’t know where they are coming from because it doesn’t
seem to be any different than previous years. But what happens until I get used
to living with allergies is I sleep a lot and some days more than others.
Other
than the allergy issues, this past week has been pretty much slow as life has
been plodding along at a leisurely pace. The weather has been overall beautiful
as there was little to no rain and the temperature has slowly risen. It’s
finally turned into spring and I for one love it.
Saturday
was the yearly marathon that closes down the ring as hundreds of runners take
to the streets. What this means for us is that the strassenbahns, or street
cars, don’t run as they go around the ring then off into the neighborhoods all
over Vienna. Matter of fact, there are four of them that have limited routes
during the marathon. It was really interesting not hearing them run outside my
window during the day.
Also,
this week, my dear husband left for a conference in the Middle East and I
stayed home with Pup Harry. With the allergy issue, trust me, this wasn’t a bad
trade. Pup Harry is even having his own allergy issues, so I know that this year
is unique. He’s arrived safely but learned just what it meant to go to another
religious country as it is the Sabbath there. His opening reception had limited
drinks, including water, and only cookies for snacks. When looking at the room
service menu when he returned to his room, many of the items noted that they
weren’t prepared on the Sabbath. He had to pull out his emergency supply of
peanut butter and graham crackers for only a snack supper.
While
here in Austria, I was enjoying the leftovers from our night out. Pup Harry
enjoyed his chicken and rice along with some dry. Yes, Pup Harry is the most
spoiled pup but he also has a really irritable stomach, so many times it’s just
better that we feed him a mild diet that we made as opposed to wet dog food.
Since
this week has been so uninteresting, I’m going to leave you with some wonderful
pictures of the season. We have tulips coming up all over the place right now.
They come in many different colors and brighten my steps as I walk around the
city. I’ve also included some of the amazing time pieces seen at the Clock
museum here. It’s a little known out-of-the-way place that we discovered when
some friends were here last year.
Hope
you enjoyed this little look into Austria. See you all next week!
Lynn
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