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EH? Have you ever asked what that

 His Aedibus Adhaeret Concors Populorum Amor 

meant on top of Hofburg? Still curious? Here’s the translation:

In this building I reconciled the love of the nations (peoples)

PS: it has taken me a while to find the transaltion myself and my Latin knowledge from HS didn’t help much (to my shame)

Apparently yes…I was working this AM and , stupid me, started to browse the channels when I took a break. And ended up on a Romanian one which featured…Vienna…ahhh I saw the places we just visited cpl of days ago and missed Vienna already…awww nothing can beat the days spent in a new city, exploring everything and by day  4 feeling like you sort of know the places near-by.

What can I say? Cannot wait for the next vacay which probably will be around May next year. My plan is to visit Greece between Orthodox Easter (which is in mid April) and the start of the season.

With my husband, Ady; Schonbrunn Palace in Back.

sadly we are leaving today....somehow I am not convinced I want to leave or want to get back home. Although my work has already been behind b4 I left. So probably I am doing myself a favor to actually go ... [Continue reading this entry]

We have already been here since Sunday Aug 17 but today is the first day I actually found the time to stay and write a blog entry. Sun was a bit weird because pretty much everything was closed but we did ... [Continue reading this entry]

I know, I should be sleeping...well, I cannot. Backpack is packed, I only have to add the toothbrushes and the toothpaste plus our perfumes. I pissed b/c my fav Adidas t-shirt i got last year from Bucharest has a stain ... [Continue reading this entry]

Yup, I packed the backpack for me and hubby. Decided to buy the toiletries in Austria so we'll only be taking clothes and some medications (including my BCP and anti-allergy pill). I still believe I packed too many clothes -- ... [Continue reading this entry]

I'm sort of afraid to...mostly b/c last time I was VERY excited only to find out that my friends let me down. No, they cannot now...and I already talked to hubby's boss and he said hubby's getting the vacation...as for ... [Continue reading this entry]

Yes, I reserved a room at DoStepInn for 22 euros/person/night. I've also looked up trains and they arrive right near the hostel (well it's at 3 min walking distance). Best of all, the hostel is nicely located at abt ... [Continue reading this entry]

Now that my accommodation and transport for Vienna are set I also need to: *get my passport; although we can use our ID cards to travel anywhere in the EU zone, it's better to have it wt you; *get travel insurance; instead ... [Continue reading this entry]