Today was the big day. We slept horribly last night. So badly that we both were awake at midnight and decided to watch the season finale of "Caprica" on my laptop. I think I maybe got 4 total hours of sleep.
Good weather continues today. It was a little cooler this morning than yesterday, and there was a healthy breeze blowing. No real chance of rain, though. We got ready, checked out of the hotel and got down to the Welt by 8:20 for a 9:10 appointment. It was nice that they were able to accommodate our early arrival and rescheduled our delivery.
After signing all the requisite paperwork like the insurance, registration, etc., we had a couple minutes to grab a quick bit of breakfast before the "Main Event." I went with my delivery specialist downstairs to a special "virtual tour" of the car and its safety equipment and then we picked up Angela for the actual handover. The car is a "Le Mans Blue" 335i sedan. I think I love blue cars now. Why have I never had one before? My specialist showed me how to work the new-fangled SatNav system and then we were off... to the valet where we parked the car while we toured the BMW Museum across the street.
The museum was fantastic. All manner of BMW's throughout their history; clay design models; BMW motorcycles; you name it. I was disappointed that neither the "Gina" nor "Vision" concept cars were there, but what can you do? We spent 45 minutes or so in the museum and then went to collect our things.
We were on the road to Vienna by 1:00pm or so and made a stop in Salzburg at this really cool shop that sells hand-painted eggs. I have no idea how many eggs there are; but there are a whole bunch of them. We pulled into Vienna around 7:15 and just got back from a very nice dinner down the street from our hotel. More wienerschnitzel for me; and Hungarian Goulash for Angela. Both dishes were excellent.
Tomorrow, we have a Segway tour around Vienna. We went on one in Atlanta, and they're loads of fun to ride around. Vienna is a perfect Segway town, I think.
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