tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post6718209571637468753..comments2024-01-27T20:32:17.610-05:00Comments on Pinchgut: Paris is my second favorite European cityBadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-40925983680077063722010-04-28T11:45:17.591-04:002010-04-28T11:45:17.591-04:00'Bürgermeister' is indeed a magnificent ti...'Bürgermeister' is indeed a magnificent title! And Häupl really does have an appropriately prodigious Wiener Bauch to merit it!Parsifalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216473343042128985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-9174218443538276382010-04-27T23:17:54.477-04:002010-04-27T23:17:54.477-04:00and i love the guy in the white suit crossing the ...and i love the guy in the white suit crossing the road near the moulin rouge. potentially pp on his way back to the hotel meuricelennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07801905002292572279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-8476357202935218732010-04-27T21:14:44.020-04:002010-04-27T21:14:44.020-04:00Bürgermeister has to be the best sounding title th...Bürgermeister has to be the best sounding title that one could ever own. I want to be one.lennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07801905002292572279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-3281636551629656472010-04-27T16:11:18.466-04:002010-04-27T16:11:18.466-04:00Ps the wiki link doesn't seem to go to the rig...Ps the wiki link doesn't seem to go to the right place?Merlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16016902664632768908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-59399974265134653582010-04-27T16:08:26.110-04:002010-04-27T16:08:26.110-04:00Yay for Merlin, le chasseur de souris! He reads yo...Yay for Merlin, le chasseur de souris! He reads your blog and he is chuffed.Merlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16016902664632768908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-80453435527883613312010-04-27T15:44:31.302-04:002010-04-27T15:44:31.302-04:00You just THINK your cats don't read your blog....You just THINK your cats don't read your blog.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528484098724947814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-79380500513380812362010-04-27T13:42:37.613-04:002010-04-27T13:42:37.613-04:00Parsifal: The problem with smoke for me is that it...Parsifal: The problem with smoke for me is that it gives me a migraine so I just cannot expose myself to it.<br /><br />Steph: This ithe worst I have ever been - not sure why.<br /><br />Hello American Girl. You will love it here -it's simply fabulous.Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-84850141724754602742010-04-27T13:22:38.119-04:002010-04-27T13:22:38.119-04:00Just found your blog and am enjoying it tremendous...Just found your blog and am enjoying it tremendously! My husband and I are visiting Wien for the first time in a couple weeks and are hoping to move to the city within the year. Why? Hard to answer that question, except we're looking for a little adventure in life and, well, warum nicht?! Look forward to more Vienna for Dummies and to actually being there to experience for ourselves soon.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10827672126965988289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-25084784568597812010-04-27T13:16:09.868-04:002010-04-27T13:16:09.868-04:00You know that if money and circumstance were not i...You know that if money and circumstance were not issues I'd live out the rest of my life in Wien. So far, that seems to be only a dream, but we'll see how my books do. Even at that, I'll probably have to stay here in the States due to having to care for my autistic son, who is closing in on 40. He'd never make it in a foreign country when I'm gone. Still, spending a season or two each year sounds like a good compromise; I'll be sure to avoid Spring!<br /><br />Hope your hay fever goes away soon! Lynette is plagued by it too, so I understand the misery you're experiencing.Kaye Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491607694389685973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-35884454999647179852010-04-27T12:40:22.358-04:002010-04-27T12:40:22.358-04:00I second your Wien sentiments. We are all privileg...I second your Wien sentiments. We are all privileged to be living here. I would add that I don't think it's a coincidence that for quality of living Wien is undoubtedly one of the best cities in the world and it's been run by competent socialists for the last ninety years (with the exception of the war years and a short and shameful burst of fascism before that). Certainly puts all that ridiculous Republican kvetching about 'socialism' into context. <br /><br />I like Häupl a lot, with only a few minor reservations. Definitely one of the best postwar mayors. However, he is still a politician, and I think you've caught him out saying one thing behind closed conference doors to a group of Ausländer and doing exactly the opposite. I'm sympathetic to the SPÖ, but their efforts to curb smoking haven't really been sincere not only because the idea of any restriction is politically quite unpopular, but also because the party has a complicated and not entirely savoury relationship with the former state tobacco monopoly. However, I've not much of an anti-smoking person so it doesn't bother me so much. I actually (shock!) quite like the smell of cigarette smoke in the Kaffeehaus and think it's a central part of their unique charm.Parsifalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216473343042128985noreply@blogger.com