The first few days were spent emailing. They would nip down to the Spar, buy their groceries and do the Work they had to do, taking turns on the PC. Going out and about exploring Vienna wasn't on the agenda.
Going into the next week Dave & Kate found themselves watching something music related every night. They didn't have to go looking, something would always appear and stir their enthusiasm for Music. The cable TV in the apartment even had a bunch of music concerts on-demand for free. They watched The Bee Gees and then they watched an old BBC documentary on music presented by Sir George Martin called 'Rhythm Of Life' on youtube. Dave had this on tape from years back but watching it again brought new meaning. Much of it was analytical mind stuff but whenever someone spoke truly of Music it would please Dave & Kate.
Their enthusiasm for Music was growing in intensity each day and then a gift was presented to them. Will & Georgie, two of the SoulJah's, came along with a very generous offer of financial help. Initially, Dave & Kate were just delighted and grateful that Europe wasn't coming to an end yet. They hadn't been worried about the fact they would again be checking out of this apartment with nothing (they were so immersed in Music) but they were aware it was on the cards unless something came. Now that it had they began to realise a further aspect was opening up for them. For the first time since arriving in Europe they were in a position to look further than survival.
They realised that this could bring into reality what they had spoken of back in Berlin. In that period, it became clear to them what they needed to take things further. All that was stopping them was money. They had felt it was coming and then felt slightly confused when royalties never appeared. They couldn't see another way the amount of money they needed could come to them. Maybe they had been a little too eager and premature. Jah delivered it a few weeks later.
The first 10 days in the apartment they had been out into the centre of Vienna ONCE. They didn't feel they were missing anything. They knew they'd come to Vienna for Music but had anticipated being out and about, soaking up the musical heritage of the city. Instead they found Music was coming to them direct through their apartment via modern technology.
As Dave sat staring blankly at the map of Vienna one day, he laughed out loud as he spotted a street called Elisabeth Straße which ran into Bösendorfer Straße (named after the famous Austrian Bösendorfer piano).
