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We arrived at JFK at about 20:30 hours and rode the red-white-and-blue
terminal bus from Terminal 7 to Terminal 1 for our Austrian Airlines
flight. We found the Lufthansa lounge after a false start looking near
the gates rather than outside security. We had time for a few snacks and
soft drinks before heading to our gate. To our surprise, and great pleasure,
our Austrian Airlines flight was very empty and everyone spread out to have
a row to themselves or share 4 seats across with one other passenger. The Pension Suzanne rooms were small by US standards, but typical size for European accommodations; our room in Paris was comparable in size. The location of Pension Suzanne is its best feature, very near the Opera House, and the low price of 89 Euros double, and 69 Euros single, with breakfast, is a plus. Unfortunately, Pension Suzanne, like most European accommodations, is not air conditioned. Typically this would not be much of a problem in Vienna as the overnight temperatures are comfortable to cool. But the week of our visit the overnight temperatures were quite warm. The window in the room opened, but there was no |
way to
get a cross draft without opening the door to the room. We did open the door,
but after about 10 PM the hallway door, into a grouping of three rooms, was
closed by the staff and that ended the breeze. The warm conditions were too
much for my friend Ben Thacker so he moved to the Marriott after one night.
There were nights when I wished I had done the same, but I kept thinking
the heat wave would end and I could save about 50 Euro a night. After we registered for the conference, we did a little walking about through the Hofburg Palace, down the famous shopping street 'The Graben' and viewed St Stephan's Cathedral. For dinner we selected one of the restaurants that was recommended to me by our European River Tour guide Edith. The restaurant Pfudl (Bäckerstrasse 2) is near the Hilton and Marriott hotels. The food was good but a bit pricey at 30 or 20 Euros for their fixed menu of beef or chicken. It takes a day or two to get accustomed to the higher prices for dinning out in Europe, and to find the better bargain restaurants. |
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