DSAE Day 10: In a perfect world, Jodie Foster would have been in the movie version of "Paper Moon"

Morning (Morgen!) in Vienna -- I'm going to be checking out of the hotel shortly, dropping my bag off at the train station, and then walking about until the 8:15pm boarding. I will be "off grid" for a bit, since there won't be wifi on the overnight train, and will have connectivity again when I get to the Geneva hotel Wednesday night. I will leave you with two discussion points so you won't be bored.

1. I am very, very disappointed with my brain. I have in the past been able to master languages, not brainiac level but at least I could get around, order dinner, find out which U-Bahn station I needed to go to. This time? I can't even understand when the waitress is asking me which salad dressing I want. "Balsamico" doesn't turn into "Balsamic," doesn't really turn into a word at all. I feel like my German skills have vanished down the same chute that my computer-programming skills went down. And coming up -- Italian and French! Geez.
2. I am disappointed as well in Vodafone. In Nuremberg, I bought a SIM from the Vodafone shop on the assurance that it would work in all the countries I was visiting. I listed them, and the clerk nodded (this is the clerk who, when asked if he spoke English, replied "of cou-rse" in perfect QueerDuck). Yep, no roaming across all our carriers, unlimited data & text. Worked fine until I crossed the border into Czech Rep. Since then, no data, no text, sporadic connection to roaming on the local Vodafone, but usually no signal at all. Vodafone had earlier sent me a text asking me to rate my Vodafone experience... I had to go on to the laptop to respond, but somebody's ears are blistering from reading that response! Or their eyes. I just hope that the dishonest lying smartass Vodafone salesman loses his job. At the shop his Dad owns.

Ok, off to tour, train, Venice, more train, Milan, more train & Geneva -- see you then!