DISCLAIMER: Because I don't want to run into problems I will use the names Maya Angelou, for the person I met, for Maya's black lady friend Vera Wang (works so well) the germ-talian guy Fabio, and Maya's sister Rihanna.
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, in the most delightful way. We all know that song by heart, and I've never had nasty ass medicine so I never tried it. Come to think of it how did I not die from over consuming grape dimeatapp? That shit was delicious!
Anyways
Vienna started off on a sour note. I got there without a plan, a heavy ass backpack, and too much money spent on a cab. I had no idea what to expect, I didn't even get a chance to explore the first day. Simona my receptionist became my one and only friend at the time and she told me where to grab a bite. I ended up finding one of the best cocktail bars in Vienna and had an old fashioned that was made perfectly... I guess you could say it was sign for things to come.
The story:
I woke up pissed, I needed a friend and I needed one now! So I hit up couchsurfing and asked a couple people to hang. For those of you that don't know couchsurfing is a way to meet people in the world that can give you a tour of their city and maybe even crash on their couch. I figured it would take a while so #expeditiondex went on an expedition! Ha
I walked straight into the heart of the beast known as Vienna and took a picture. BLAM!
Absolutely gorgeous shot and right after I get a ping from couchsurfing. Maya sent me a message that yeah we could hang! I was stoked finally somebody throws me a bone haha.
Now let me put Maya into perspective. Maya is Married, Caucasian, about 5'9", Gisele doppelgänger, freckles, extremely smart, and so well cultured that if you were to look up the word "culture," her picture would be right next to the word in the dictionary lol. I didn't know what to expect and neither did she but we clicked like we'd known each other for years!
Convo begins at 6:45pm
We head to a boat restaurant and I have a beer and she has an alcohol free beverage.
Convo time 7:13pm
I tell her about my trip and what's going on in my life. She confesses that she had a back up plan in the event that I was weird haha.
Convo time 8:33pm
I have another beer and she has another alcohol free beverage. Her mom calls and after the call she tells me all about her family, and her husband. I tell her my uncle's best joke ever.
Convo time 9:02pm
She asks if I'd like to meet her sister and some of her people, and of course I agree, this conversation was just too good. We figured we should eat and head to fish restaurant.
It's about 10pm we are on the train and guess what we are still talking haha.
Convo time 10:40pm
We arrive at the fish place and we get this awesome platter of different sea creatures and various veggies, and a bottle of vino #invinoveritas
Convo time 11:18pm
She tells me why she can't have alcohol. Apparently her body doesn't break it down properly so a sip gives her a hangover.
I say a silent prayer and I thank God that I don't have that. Hahaha
Convo time 11:45pm
I tell her about my parents, childhood, and my siblings. I kinda monopolized the outdoor convo haha. #layeditonTHICK
12am the restaurant closes the outdoor seating, but we decide to go inside to keep the convo going.
Convo time 12:27am
We talk about religion and our beliefs and about crazy stuff. The convo veers to Trublood and then we talk about the craziness that is that show haha.
The Convo is still going strong at 1:30am and that's when we grab the bottle of vino, cork it, and head out to meet the crew.
We meet up with Vera Wang and Fabio at the train station and they were some awesome people. Apparently Wu-Tang was in town and we head to the after party but it looked "suspect" so Maya and Vera go inside to check it out and Fabio and I stay outside and polish of the vino. We all decide to split and head to a spot that Vera knew of so we walk and talk
Convo time 2:07am
Maya tells me about finally trying to get her license. I tell her I've had mine since I was 17 lol 😂
We get to the next place and it wasn't half bad but I have on flops so my dancing was limited to a 2-step lol. Finally, I meet Rihanna and I kid you not, Maya and her sister look NOTHING alike lol. If I didn't know they were related I'd have said they were friends. Literally, night and day... Just like my friends Paige and Alex.
We spend another hour at the venue then I remember that I have a train to catch in the morn and it's 4am. So I give hugs all around and say farewell and hop in a cab.
As I'm riding in the cab it dawns on me...
I just spent 10 hours of my life TALKING! Lips drying up type conversation. At one point I think I had diarrhea of the mouth the way words and sentences were coming out with no effort haha. Not to mention it was good banter, witty and full of knowledge and fun facts.
WHOA!
As I've been told the best times spent are with good people, good conversation, and good drinks. It's crazy, but Vienna is my favorite part of this trip so far, and imagine I thought it was gonna suck.
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