airports.

How is it that airports can hold some of the saddest, and happiest reunions and goodbyes in one building? People are giving hellos and goodbyes, some excitement and some grief, sheer joy and deep sadness. After heading out to Vienna's International Airport to meet my family, I discovered one of my new favourite areas to "people watch". The Arrivals area is crowded, hot, and extremely uncomfortable, but all around you see many anticipated reunions of old friends, families, and couples with nothing but tears of happiness and ear-to-ear smiles. 

With that being said, after a late flight (not by much), and a couple delayed bags, the Harbers and Jonkman clan have arrived safely in Vienna, Austria and have me as their tour guide. So far they have sampled some excellent Italian dishes, a variety of Austrian beer, Apfel Strudel, and of course- Mozart Balls. We decided tomorrow we would stray away from the always satisfying Italian pizzeria joints and test out some Austrian dishes.

To start day 2 of the tour, the group of us have signed up to do a "Grape Grazing Bike Tour", where we bike to a few local vineyards a short distance out of Vienna and taste excellent wine and homemade traditional dishes. We;ll have to see how that goes over. I don't see it going as well as the stuffed ravioli or wild boar penne from tonight, but we'll see!