We have begun our washroom tour of Eastern Europe. Like Western Europe the women have very large bladders, but the North American tourists spend their days haranging their husbands to find pee stops.
Wednesday: Spent 6 hours in the Toronto airport reading reports of the election (see below) before boarding our flight to Warsaw. Polish Airlines put us on perhaps the first plane ever built by Boeing. However, the wine list was excellent and everything was slightly politically incorrect. There was no vegetarian option for dinner (as if I wanted one) and we got bowls of peanuts with drinks. I guess the Polish aren't too sympathetic to Vegetarians or people with allergies.
We are spending two days in Vienna where we have a lovely room overlooking the Donau (Danube). We have been going around the city using an excellent subway system. The city is very pedestrian friendly. Yesterday we walked for hours before we settled on a hole-in-the-wall for traditional Wiener (Viennese) Schnitzel and local wine.
Today we took a 19th century ferris wheel ride for an overview of the city. This afternoon we will join up with our tour and then in the morning head to Slovenia.
Some thoughts on the Canadian Election: The Conservative majority represents the first time that a majority was won without the help of Quebec. The majority is larger than appears. Although the Tories had slightly under 40% of the popular vote they had about 47% outside of Quebec. Only one government in the past 140 years (Diefenbaker in 1958) won more than 50%.
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