welcome to the longest day ever

We are at the airport, sitting on the floor because the only waiting areas not at the gate are full of smokers. We were kind of nervous walking around the airport, because we are just outside our gate and have not yet gone through security. Apparently here in vienna, they have security screenings at EACH gate, and they are glassed in, so once you go through, youre stuck in that one waiting area, away from shops, drinks, bathrooms, etc. so we're going to wait a bit longer.

to update from last night:

yesterday was one of our best days here, and was topped off nicely by a great evening. Romy and I relaxed at the hotel for a bit, then decided to go out and grab some food, and then indulge in some ice cream at this old ice cream parlor, called Tichy. For 1.50, I got a triple scoup cone. Yum. We walked across the street to a little park area, and found a group of people gathered. It was kind of interesting, because I think every punk rocker in the area was present. Colored hair, dreadlocks, black clothing, studded belts, etc were all present. An acrobatic performance was going on that was basically a play fight between a guy and probably one of the strongest looking small females I have ever seen. They were really impressive together. This was followed by bicycle jousting. What!? Yes - bicycle jousting. They had modified bikes so that they were twice as high as usual. Each one had 2 frames, one stacked on top of the other. They made jousting polls, and would race towards each other to knock the other off. I had definitely never seen that before.


We barely slept, and the sun came up at about 415am. We got up at 6, and took the train by 7am, and got to the airport at about 815am. Now we're waiting... It is going to be a long day, and I wish we could just teleport home.