Prost, Dad!
Even though he never got anywhere the river, one of late father's favorite things in life was Strauss's Blue Danube
Probably intrigued by his interest, as a young man, I used a Eurail pass to take an (included in the price) cruise down the Danube. Boring as many river cruises tend to be, I could not back then see the romance in the river or what Strauss celebrated.
On the trip this week as I saw the Danube from three capital cities - Budapest, Bratislava and Vienna. I now understand much better the huge impact this river has had on western civilization - on its course through 10 countries.
And its contribution to the fantastic regional beers. I had a chance to try Borsodi, Gosser, Ursus, Pilsener Urquell and the Budweiser Budvar.
My dad also loved beer. He would have had a double-dutch treat if he had joined me on this trip this week.
I guess at the first trip it may actually have been *blue* - now it's grey :-(
Posted by: Zoli Erdos | June 09, 2007 at 06:57 PM
Now I know Vinnie is not all about exposing the profligacy of enterprises and profanity of legislators that overreact and take governance too seriously...he has a musical side too. (thanks to his Dad ?)
Cheers Vinnie, I took that ride too...as usual great post.
Posted by: Krishna | June 09, 2007 at 09:57 PM
Krishna - you just noticed? I have refernces to Lynnrd Skynnrd, Sheryl Crow, Elton John, Sting, John Lennon, Outkast, ELO and whole bunch more on the blog. My poor dad would throw up at my taste!
By the way, I should adopt your first sentence as tag line for the blog -)
Posted by: vinnie mirchandani | June 09, 2007 at 11:21 PM