You would think

The most photographed statue in Vienna

You would think that if two people were going to the USA on the same day at the same time they would take the same flight – wouldn’t you?

Well not us.

We are both flying to Washington on Friday within an hour of each other - but I am flying direct on Austrian while Cate is flying via Frankfurt with Lufthansa.

This is because Cate has back problems and Lufthansa has better seats. In fact they have flat beds in business class so that you can stretch out – which means she does not get crippled during long flights.

Now I would go with her but I could not get seats on Lufthansa – but I would rather go direct anyway. I always hate changing flights.

The temperatures plummeted on the weekend and so did the heating. They are forecasting - °17 on Thursday at which stage I will be able to build an Igloo in the lounge room.

We could get the Air Con people back but I just know if they fix the heating then they will bugger up the cooling – and that is much more important – as we are past the half way stage of Winter.

It has finally stopped snowing  – but more is forecast.

Still snowing

I just read that Sydney has had its highest ever recorded temperature of 45.8°. Jumping Jehoshaphat!

In the meantime it is still snowing here – and getting colder. We were supposed  to get -9° today and – in accordance with time honored tradition – the air conditioning is starting to throw in the towel.

However – we have had lots of practice at this – and we have plenty of winter woollies and lots of firewood – so will survive.

However – we can no longer see out of all of our windows – and our skylights are well and truly covered – so it is getting to be quite dark at any time of the day.

I had to go for another scary drive this morning to see the dentist. I was in there for an hour or so and when I came out had to scrape all the snow off Billy before I could get started.

Rear window

Maybe I don’t want to live in Norway after all.

But just can’t wait for the snow to stop so I can get over to Stadtpark to take some pictures.

I am pleased to report that Billy will be collected on Monday and taken to hospital for repairs. This is good news. Seeing him in current his state of disrepair makes as sad as when Swedish House Mafia split up.

Big Snow

Spot the cats

We have had some big snow in Vienna and it is still coming down.  I had to drive for about 20 Km today to visit our skin doctor and it was a very harrowing experience.

After visiting the doctor I got bogged in the snow trying to turn Billy around in a one way street and had visions of having to call a tow truck to extricate him.

However – I scraped the snow and ice from around his tires and - after a tense struggle - managed to  get him back on the road. Fortunately there was not much traffic on the roads so it wasn’t as bad as it could have been – but was not a happy driving experience.

Cate has revealed that she is going to Washington and Indianapolis and – as she is going for two weeks – wants me to go with her.

This is fine as I can stay with Cate’s brother in Washington for a few days and then mooch around the city while she is working. I am sure I will find some exciting things to do in Indianapolis – I probably should find where the ducks are.

The snow should stop tonite so tomorrow I will be able to visit Stadtpark - which will look wonderful with a deep blanket of snow.