The Drive Home

On our way back to Vienna, just like on our way to Salzburg, we made a couple of stops at the local sites. Both times we stopped at quaint country lakes surrounded by tiny villages. I don’t know what the lakes were called, but we had about an hour at each place to just marvel at the scenery before us.
The first lake was very blue-green, with water so clear you could see the bottom under ten feet or so of water, as well as dozens of fish. It was so nice to just sit and relax there. At the second lake we saw some swans. (There were a few swans at the first lake, but only a few.) Stephanie remembered having a stale role on the bus, so we grabbed it and started feeding the swans. Before we knew it we were feeding eleven swans and half a dozen or so ducks. Swans are really not very intelligent creatures. Bad as this sounds, it was fun to throw the bread at their necks so they couldn’t see where it bounced off and they would look all confused in search of it. There was also this one swan that looked like he was ready to attack three of us. We puffed ourselves up and made absurd snorting sounds, at which he started to back away. He was so clumsy when he was backing up that he fell over himself trying to get in the water. It was quite the sight.


At the second lake there was also a miniature playground area. Included in this area was a ping-pong table. Stephanie and I decided that we were going to play- there weren’t any balls or paddles, so we decided upon outrageous arm/body movements and sound effects. I think it was the greatest game of ping-pong I have ever played ☺
And finally, at about 8pm, we drove back into Vienna. It was surprising how much it felt like we were coming back home even though we have been here less than three weeks. Salzburg was a great vacation, but now Vienna is home.