tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28061513.post7685201619790060320..comments2023-03-23T11:34:06.273-07:00Comments on Where in the world is Uncle Jeff today?: Sunny ViennaJ.B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03992966848219249646noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28061513.post-17371980511197505942007-06-17T20:16:00.000-07:002007-06-17T20:16:00.000-07:00I assume you have visited the Vienna synagogue in ...I assume you have visited the Vienna synagogue in the old Jewish quarter near the river which survived the Nazi era I think becasue it was in or near the same building block as the SS HQ so burning it down would have proved "inconvenient" for the Brown shirts on Krystalnacht (or some other similar story). Undistinguished outside but beautiful inside. The Holocaust memorial was also significant not because of it's symbolism but because of the empty beer bottle I found in the middle of the Star of David when I was there. Seems like some thug left it there deliberately. It was too centrally placed to be simple litter. Also when I visited the synagogue last time I was there I asked directions of several shjops it turned out within blocks of the synagogue in my broken German wnd when I said "where is the synagogue?" "Jewish?" i might as well have been speaking Martian. Amazing how unhelpful the local residents were despite the presence of a few Uzi toting guards just up the street I found out. Sigh....THAT made an impression as well. There is also a nearby plaque dedicated to Herzl that I belive was vandalized recently. Gotta love the Austrians, not all Von Trapps and Eidelweiss, eh? Don't get me wrong, Vienna has it's lovely parts too. The "plate" tour at the Hapsburg Palace was really interesting. Milching Fleishig and Parve dinner sets (about 200 of them) for a party of 200 please? I liked Salzburg better anyway. I stayed near the Westbahnhoff the last time I was there and I almost got arrested when a very nice Cocaine dealer almost got me arrested as he was giving me directions to my hotel. Otherwsie I felt pretty safe in Vienna I guess.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13505479489326808400noreply@blogger.com