In transit: Sydney Australia - Vienna Austria
Flying Emirates for both legs of the journey. Pretty impressed with the console (pictured). Also the meals are very good. Made a mistake by not bringing my own bottle of water in the plane, got very dehydrated.

Today (December 8) is the first full day of my third stay in Austria. It's a public holiday so Alex doesn't have to work; he too needs a rest after driving up to Vienna and back to collect me from the airport. We both had a bit of a sleep-in then went for a short walk to the Spar supermarket to buy a few items. It was unusually foggy, the thickest Alex had seen in a while. I fell asleep quite early after a dinner of scrambled eggs and capsicum at about 8pm.
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December 9, 2015
**Day Two of my third Austrian stay**
Alex is working today so I've been cooking. First I made a marmalade using 3 small pieces of (uncertain) citrus from the fruit bowl. Then I made a rice custard using up sultanas and currants from a trail mix. I sprinkled nutmeg on top, drizzled with the marmalade and baked for about an hour in a steam bath. Thirdly I made a French potato dish using sprouting potatoes from Waldschach. I peeled and boiled them in chicken stock then - after cooling - sliced and layered them into a pie dish. I made a sauce using the chicken stock and thickened with flour. In between the layers of potato I sprinkled finely diced turkey pastrami and mushrooms. I topped with Gouda cheese and paprika then also baked for about an hour after the custards had been removed.
December 10, 2015
**Day Three**
My first challenge of the day was to go and buy milk (Milch) for my coffee before being able to have an actual coffee. I still don't speak enough German to confidently understand everything the Hoffer (Aldi) checkout person says to me so it's still an awkward fumble trying to quickly put the right change on the counter in a timely fashion. I can't keep handing over large notes and just waiting for them to give me change so while the queue waited patiently (they are very polite here at least) I managed this feat. Beats dealing with a 70 min period of year 7's when I haven't had time for a coffee though, hands down!
December 11, 2015
**Day Four**
A fairly lazy day at the Graz apartment. Alex didn't have to go to work so we had a long sleep in then I did some Cross stitching and cooked hash browns. At about 3pm I went for a walk to the toy shop and bought a German card game to help me practice my "opposites", a 3 minute timer and a cute little carved warthog to add to the collection.
Location:Grieskai,Graz,Austria
