Saturday, September 23 – Transition day–the only day on the trip I was not looking forward to. The fact that we woke up to a steady rain probably didn’t help, but I guess I’d rather have that on a travel day.

Tried to assuage my angst with a solid workout in the hotel gym–it’s not a city playground, but it worked

After breakfast, we took one more quick soggy stroll through the historical center, then headed to the bus station. Bus ride to Vienna was relatively uneventful, except for wayward WIFE, who basically set a moving pick every time Dan tried to board the bus–even though he had scanned his ticket and passport. She seemed a bit befuddled by the whole idea of required travel documents.

Much to my amazement, check in, security AND boarding on Ryanair was a breeze. Silly me, I thought we had escaped unscathed.

That is until we landed and a full fledged scrum ensued. Woman in seat next to me literally tried to climb over me into the aisle. When I wouldn’t allow that (seriously, does anyone think that would happen?) she then kept pushing me into the man in front of me–I finally turned and told her, “I don’t know where you’d like me to go, but there is no room for me there!” Not sure what she decided to do, but the shoving stopped. Also managed to get hit in the head with a suitcase being pulled out of the overhead, but that seemed minor. Never again, I would rather walk than book Ryanair.

In a brilliant move, I had arranged for a car service to take us to our hotel. That, along with some dinner and a glass of white–equilibrium restored. I survived the day!

Tomorrow we explore a bit and then join our tour group in the evening. Not a lot of interesting pictures today, tomorrow I shall try to make up for it.

20,928 steps (half circling the bus station in boredom, likely other half while being pushed), 9.9 miles