Vienna Marina, Austria
Guten Abend,
We have spent 3 full days touring about Vienna and I can honestly say I haven’t seen most of it. We did an “around the city wander” the first day. Day 2 Randal and I went on an organized walking tour of Leopoldstadt, the “Jewish area” of Vienna. Today he and I ventured off to the huge flea and food market and then over to the Judenplatz before it dawned on me the museum would be closed on Saturday. So we just wandered but that was fine. Lots of great art museums here but not to be visited this trip. Tomorrow morning we’ll head off to Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia where we’ll be for 2 or 3 days. Not sure what kind of Internet access we’ll have. It’s taking me forever to sort through my Vienna photos because I’m too pooped at the end of the day. I’ll catch up eventually.
Doing a walking tour of Jewish Leopoldstadt on the 4th of July made me appreciate the freedom of religion we have in America. Though no one can absolutely agree what religious freedom exactly means, at least there are no institutional prejudicial laws against any religion. Organizations can be thoughtless and people prejudice but our Constitution gives people a voice to challenge those prejudices. One of the benefits of travel is that you not only see the good in other countries, you see the good in your own.
Ru