I go to ISMB/ECCB 2007 in Vienna, and David comes along and goes to the archives. We take a couple days to see the area too.
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Molly wants to come with us! |
Vienna from the air |
Our hotel is near the famus Prater |
For our first dinner David takes me to one of his favorite sausage stands |
Musicians play in the street |
David visits people at the Vienna Institute for Iranian Studies |
We head out to Illmitz a small town in near the lake Neusiedlersee |
We stay at a picturesque winery |
A young stork tries out his wings |
We walk in the countryside past many, many grapes |
A bunch of grapes |
To get to a dry lake that was supposed to be a good birding spot! |
Undeterred, we head on towards Neusiedlersee and see many birds in the reedbeds |
Swans in the lake we go swimming here, too |
A family of geese near the lake |
A young goose |
On the way back we pass some very pretty butterflies |
And watch the sunset |
David taking pictures of the sunset |
Anne in the vinyard |
At dinner we see a baby hedgehog |
And David photographs... |
...a very cute frog! |
The next day we bird watch at the WWF Station |
A swallow we see there |
We walk to another dry lake! |
These poles and huts appear iconic but we're not sure what they are. Wells? |
Yeah! we make it to the next town |
Anne resting after the walk |
David napping as we wait for the bus |
Before going back to Vienna we go swimming one more time |
Heading to ISMB |
We go on the orienteering event |
Saif and Christoph at Christoph's poster |
The conference dinner takes up a whole street |
Vinyards at the dinner location |
After the conference we visit the Cathedral in Vienna |
David photographing the Cathedral |
We get icecream at David's favorite spot |
In the U-bahn there is the basement of an old church |
Anne in front of the church's outline at ground level |
Hopscotch projected by the toy store |
We visit a recreation of part of the Terracotta Army |
One last view of Vienna |
Before heading home |