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音乐之都 - 维也纳 Vienna / WIEN - dinner with a stranger ;p

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音乐之都 - 维也纳 Vienna / WIEN - dinner with a stranger ;p

I'm leaving Prague after 3days and heading to Vienna by morning train and it's tooks about 5.30hours for the journey. 
I'm glad that i have my mp3 with along the journey otherwise i will be really bored:( i just couldn't leae without mp3.

When i arrived Vienna and i need to take train to my friend Chris's house which lated at Schonbrunn, it's almost took me half and hour to reach his house. But yet he's still at work and i'm waiting... and lucky he shown up after 30mins later.  But he got a bad news from me because he need to get back to work around 630pm. So we have little chat and i put my luggage at his house, and he suggested me go to the Schonbrunn park whereby just 5mins walk from his house.

So i decided going there since i have nothing to do, and i'm feeling bit tired and i don't think i will heading to down town by myself.  The garden was pretty huge and it's nice full of flowers and trees.. i spend an hour there and take some photos as usual;)

I'm feeling kinda straving because i don't really had my lunch at all.. so i decided to get some foods nearby that area.
Becaues it's nearly 8 o'clock and most of the shops already closed:( And i keep walking hopefully can see some light at least to some foods.
Oh i saw the restaurante just next the road, i walked it there's barely empty only one person sitting at the other table ( honestly i am not really sure is she the customer or owner). So i walked toward the counter and intend to take the menu and order some foods, but this guy he looking me and talking in Austrian /German.
...oh god i couldn't understandat all:( And i thought maybe he just ask me to check out the menu what's for dinner.

And i sat there for 10mints waiting someone to serve me...and i wait and wait.. nobody even notice me:(
And there's a guy walked in i looked at him trying to get some helps, however he just walked in maybe 15seconds and he walked out from the restaurant too. And guess what i am still siting there waiting.. and after 15mins i decided to go and look for another restaurant. And u have no idea how hungry and tiring i am now:(  I saw another cafe shop next to the street and i'm happy walk in there, this girl she told me they do not serve any dinner but only some cakes , coffee or beer.. arrgghhh i dont have luck at all? And i am asking her is there any restaurant that i can have my dinner? She's very kind and tell me how to go to restaurant.

  And again i walking towards that directions.. guess what???
 I saw the same guy from the first restaurant, he was like looking me and we both smile;-

he : " hey are you looking for foods too?"
me: Yeah but it's seems so hard to find the foods in this time.
he:  i know there's some shops just next to the streets and we can find the foods there, if you don't mind we can go together"
me:  (thinking) - in fact i am little bit hesitate coz i don't even know him ... , perhaps he also noticed from my expression and ..he said:-
he: hey don't worry , i am not a bad guy"........

Then we keep walking towards the destination ( i am still little bit hesitate).. then i was like thinking okay fine just a dinner not a big deal.

.. dont think too much. So later we heading to this italian restaurant shop and we start order our dinner. He ordered the squid pasta and beer, i ordered a chicken spagetti and a coke;)

We start our conversation and he's asking me where i from, what i'm doing here and so on. He was original from Linz but he was currently on his business trip and he will back to Linz every weekend. He told me what's interesting in Vienna, what's the sightseeing, some politic issue ..and lastly he told me about this family wife and kids. About 1 1/2hours the dinner and we about to make the bills. He paid for the dinner and he's refused i pay him back,  i feel little bit uneasy and insist pay for him.. well he told me it's fine . So i don't wanna makes things looks terrible..so i say thank you to him and we're saying goodbye after all.  I never had any experience like this before, dinner with the stranger? or just the person i havent start being friend with?

And his name is Albert;) Thank you and nice to meet you;p

callufrax says:
Yes, very beautiful! I was planning on going back there, next year, but that's now on hold. I'm now thinking of Peru!
Posted on: Sep 18, 2009
flying_dolphin7 says:
@Stephan - i think Wien is beautiful;)

@Agi - i think both Prague and VIenna is very nice..hhmm maybe i spend more time in Prague n i really Prague... i like all places actually;) Nah that stranger is fine and it's new experience to me.. normally i didnt do that..hehehe. i was lucky i think;)

@Rose - thats the great first impression from Vienna and all of you after that... so see you somewhere soon;)
Posted on: Sep 18, 2009
Kju says:
hehe so you got a dinner from an stranger Austrian guy ;) nice first impression from Vienna huh?
Posted on: Sep 18, 2009
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