sweat and comments

thanks to everyone who has emailed. we have free internet access at this hotel so we have been able to check frequently. sorry to everyone who couldn't post comments. i figured out how to change the settings so you don't have to be a registered user to comment. so please go back and comment now to your heart's content. we wondered why no one was posting comments and thought you had all forgotten about us since we've been gone. :)

today has been a slow day. it is still powerfully hot. we did laundry at a laundromat so our clothes are no longer stinky. we've both been a little stomach-achy and are hoping that will go away soon. we learned that tomorrow is a holiday in germany so we're going on a cruise down the rhine to linz. i asked someone at our hotel what the holiday commemorated and she said "something from the church." but wouldn't say what. does anyone know?

Randy here. I went to the Beethoven Haus this morning - the house where Beethoven was born, which has been converted into a museum. The person who sold me my ticket complimented my German, which was a surprise because I´ve been butchering the poor language. It was special seeing Beethoven´s viola, fortepianos, autograph scores, and even a couple locks of his hair. They also have his life mask and death mask, which give you an intimately lifelike impression of the man´s features.