Do you have a pool?

Had to deal with casting at the production company Monday, then Nicole & I went to a Sri Lankan restaurant for dinner. I never expected to be eating dhal curry in Vienna! The restaurant has outdoor seating overlooking the Danube River. The spice in the dishes was definitely dialed down (probably because of where we are) but the food was good otherwise, very authentic.

My cousins had a pool in their backyard when I was growing up, but I can’t say I’m a “pool person.” My colleagues, however, have been desperate for some pool action since we got here. Our line producer overheard them complaining about the lack of pools in Vienna (there aren’t many pools in the city at all), and he mentioned a public pool we should check out. So we make our way to the pool Tuesday, and discover it’s adjacent to the Habsburgs’ summer palace Schonbrunn. And that the public pool basically looks like an upscale Long Island country club. Not too shabby.

The public pool. It sucks, right? Probably because you can't see the restaurant/bar, cafe, gym and spa in this photo.

We have dinner at an Italian place that serves meals in the courtyard of the church that’s adjacent to the place where we ate the first night we were in Vienna. We order lots of antipasta, pizza, pasta and wine. Another fab Italian meal. It's a little weird to be chowing down and boozing it up in front of a church.

God is watching over your appetizers.