The train to Villach, Austria leaves at 10:22 from Vienna Hauptbahnhof (Main Train Station).  We leave the hotel @ 9:35 to walk to the Metro and arrive at Vienna Hauptbahnhof 20 minutes later.  The train is there already so we board and get settled in.

A game of scrabble along the way proves I am unlucky. Again!! 🙁

We start to see some really beautiful scenery out the window of the train.  Sorry these are not up to someones standards, but I am sharing anyway 🙂  This is at a place called Unzmarkt.

 

 

 

More Austrian country side.  Don’t you see Julia Andrews spinning and singing the “Hills are Alive” right here??

 

 

We arrange to meet a former co-worker from the Nortel days, Clayton Cornell, who now lives and works in Villach.  2 years ago Clayton came to Venice to meet us.  This time we are in his backyard.  He and his wife Ngosa decide we should have dinner at the castle just outside of Villach.

 

We are up for that.  This is the view from the castle down to the city of Villach.  There are mountains on each side of this town.  A bit reminiscent of home.

 

 

The views are beautiful.  The dinner is also beautiful.

 

 

 

 

It is nice to have other company for dinner.  We do enjoy each other’s company, but we have only had each other as dinner companions for a month now.

 

 

It is nice to share a meal with Clayton and Ngosa!