(This is a short excerpt from my upcoming book, DARKNESS DROPS AGAIN: TRAVEL & POLITICS) It was a dark and stormy morning. Knowing that we were going to see Bran Castle, the taxi driver apologized for the weather. “What are you talking about?” I laughed. “This is perfect weather. This is Dracula weather.” I drifted…
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Vienna
The pessimistic Austrian view of life is expressed in the verdict:‘Es wird schon schief gehen,’ or, ‘It’s bound to go wrong.’ – Gordon Brook-Shepherd 24 hours in Vienna. It sounds like an action movie, but there was no action unless you count weight gain. Hayley and I subsisted on a tourist diet of schnitzel, streusel,…
James Perry 