After days of castles and museums we decided it was finally time to meet a real Czech. Well, too late for that, since we were already in Austria! So, we settled for an Austrian--and asked Bernie's sister Anne to arrange a meeting with her friend Martin. Martin went to graduate school at Michigan State with Anne, Anne's husband Gustavo and lots of other people we know thru Anne and Gustavo.
Anyway, Martin is a great guy and got on his bike and rode downtown (Vienna) to show these three american strangers around. He thought we should go to a traditional place and eat some heavy food, so he took us to the 12 Apostelkeller which has these brick-arched basements that go down several levels below the sidewalks, and it makes you wonder why the city hasn't caved in yet!
I wonder if Martin is a vegetarian--he encouraged Troy to get Schnitzel and us to get the Houseplatter of porkbelly, bloodsausage, ham, liverwurst, meatdumpling, saukerkraut and a hotdog, but then Martin just got some light cheesenoodle for himself! Then he said we had to have the prunedumpling for dessert, and then he took us to an ice cream place, and he didn't have any of this himself!
Maybe it's just his sense of humor?
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Martin knows all the good places to eat. He ate at Taco Bell every single day when he was at MSU!
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