Monday in Vienna

Had breakfast at the hotel, nice European breakfast. Took the U-bahn, registered for the convention at Messe Wien. Set up my part of the booth. Went for lunch with Jon & Mrs. Miller, Matt at Cafe Raimund across from the Volkstheater. I had 0.500L of wheat beer, a fantastic Goulash soup, and potato dumplings filled with I kid you not, bacon bits, served on a bed of tender sauerkraut.

The Messe Wien hall was really warm. The AC was not keeping up, I was sweating even with my jacket off. We had a good cocktail reception. After coming come on the metro, I lingered for a while at Stadtpark, watching the sun go down.

The Viennese police were questioning some guys in the park. One of them was in the cop car, he was swearing. The other one they let go. Yes, they do carry pistols, unlike the British cops.