After arriving home to visiting relatives, I am now finding time for our last post. The remainder of the group departed Bardejov on Saturday morning for Vienna. We decided to be somewhat adventurous and take the southern route which appeared to have more freeway. An added benefit was that it took us through Hungary and around Budapest. While the scenery was not as spectacular as that of Slovakia (it is basically flat with some rolling hills) the route provided us with some unexpected twists...namely they do not use the Euro which is the only money we all had. So we found ourselves using our credit cards for lunch! We couldn't figure out what the currency was (it is forints).

We all arrived safely in Vienna but very tired. The drivers went to the airport that evening to return the rental cars. While waiting for the shuttle to take us back to our hotel, we enjoyed an Austrian beer in a local pub at the airport. We did not have time to finish before we were hustled into the shuttle so we all enjoyed finishing our pivo on the shuttle...obviously something you can't do here in America!

When we arrived back at the hotel, everyone was tired from the drive and did not want to go out for dinner so we opted for pizza to be delivered. Note to one's self...order cheese on your pizza in Austria as it does not normally come with cheese! It still was good as were the beers. Everyone turned in early as our flight left at 9:30 am and we needed to leave for the aiport at 7:00.

We had one last breakfast at the hotel, headed for the airport and got on our respective planes. The flight back was non-eventful thank goodness. Everyone arrived home safely. Until the next trip....oh...and did I mention how nice it is to be using an American keyboard again!!!