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  1. I’ve cut out most news bulletins and programmes as they just want to stir up rowdyism and not have decent debate. And I ignore most news in the papers except for stuff about Trump as I dream of seeing him in a prison jumpsuit with his head shaved and in chains. Fat chance!

    The BBC is a mere shoddy shadow of itself.

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  2. Given the increased weight of many populations I suspect that a lot of those chairs would collapse pretty quickly. That being said many were quite lovely with designs that are copied today even by places like IKEA.

     

    One thing about the folk we saw in Vienna was that there were almost no real fatties of any generation (excepting tourists) which, was a change from other places. Quite how they do it with all the cakes they stuff and with the very plump statues from cherubs to ladies, is a mystery. 

  3. We went to a concert of Haydn, Mozart and Bartok given by the Vienna Philharmonic in the Musikverein, an outstanding concert hall with quality acoustics and fabulous decoration. Audience large and very knowledgable. As I said, Baatok must have had serious mental problems! Haydn and Mozart beautiful.

    Weather wet and dry but quite warm; we expected much colder so were cooking in winter coats and the rest.

    Just for the ladies, tons of restaurants for all wallets but I thought their menus a bit repetitive, amazing cakes at all time of day. Oh, and shopping, brilliant, often in old fashioned shops.

    Buildings were well, go see yourselves, somewhat overpowering.

    And naked statues everywhere,  Hapsburgs seem to have loved them.

    There is no sense of apologizing for their past unlike the British.

  4. clean as Vienna? Just back from three days culture topping up there and was overwhelmed by the amazing cleanliness of the city centre; no muck, no litter, no tagging (at least in the city centre), few beggars, few tattoos, even the pigeons seem to wear Pampers.

    Ok, it must cost a fortune and requires a great deal of civic pride, but it puts so many other places to great shame.

    By the way, there are at least 103 museums; if you went to them all you would be a very cultured rich bankrupt. But, the Breughel's are to die for. 

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