Sunday, February 13, 2011

Lean On Me

Vienna was now growing undeniably strong as the next signpost...


While at the internet point they also checked out two other places, more out of curiosity than anything else.  They couldn't remember if Czech Rep. and Hungary were part of the Euro currency now.  They discovered both were not.  They had a curious feeling about Budapest, that it might be on the cards sometime.  With the hassle of changing currency they weren't so sure anymore.


So Vienna it was... at the same time facing the prospect of nowhere to stay again come Sunday if no more money showed up.



Each day in Dresden they walked into the Alstadt and towards the internet terminals at the station.  They'd do what they had to do and then sit in Dreißig's for a bit before either returning to the internet or returning to the hotel.  On the way back they picked up a Subway and some stuff from the supermarket - usually some crisps or chocolate, juice, bread and cheese for breakfast and sometimes they'd grab a bottle or two of the local beer.



For the rest of the night they'd sit in the hotel watching the tv or listening to the radio where signs would continue to present themselves.  One night Kate was joking about how Dave should go down to the piano bar in the hotel and play 'Lean On Me' and then she changed the channel on the tv and couple of minutes later there was a trio of women singing 'Lean On Me' as accompaniment to a guy playing a grand piano.




The same night Kate was flicking channels and landed upon a show with two presenters, one of them grabbing a ukulele.  Dave announced he'd just been thinking about ukuleles.