Restful Sunday

Today was a nice restful day...I got up at about 11:30, which was really nice. After tooling around the apartment for a while, I headed down to the MQ and posted blogs and pictures. After that I got pretty hungry, and I remembered that Dr. O mentioned on the bus tour yesterday that there was a Burger King in Millennium City. Now, that really struck my fancy, so I charged myself with seeking out this BK. Unfortunately, I didn't know how to reach Millennium City by public transport, but I did know that it was along the Donau. I took the U1 to one stop before the Donauinsel, knowing that this stop must be near the bank of the Donau. I then reasoned that the Tower must be north of where I was, so I started walking. It was only after walking north about 1.5 miles that I realized that one street west of me there was a bus line......I was pretty tired by that time (keep in mind I still had my bag with my computer in it, so I was carrying a few extra pounds) so I took the bus two stops to Millennium City, which is like a big mall thing. There I paid €5.50 for a Whopper, fries, and a Sprite. It was damn good, I'll tell you what. It really hit the spot, plus I burned all those calories by walking 1.5 miles, what with backtracking and all. Anyway, I went to leave, and I remembered seeing an U-bahn station close by. I went back, and seeing the blue "U" cube, I entered the station. I heard a train coming into the station, so I started running towards it. It seemed to be going in the right direction, so I ran faster. It had already closed its doors by the time I got there, but some kids had managed to pull one of the doors open. Quickly noticing that the next train did not arrive for 7 minutes, I quickly capitalized on the youngsters' endeavor and joined them in boarding the train. After stepping aboard, however, I realized I had made a mistake. For one thing, U-bahn trains come once every 4 minutes at the most. Secondly, the train I was on was larger than an U-bahn and looked decidedly different. I immediately started internally freaking out, thinking to myself "what am I riding? Does my ticket cover this? Where the hell am I going????" Well, keeping a calm exterior (and scolding myself for thinking with my feet) I found the nearest map, and deduced that I was on one of the city trains that have a larger reach than the subways and don't really go into the city center. I realized that in two stops I would be able to transfer to the U1, which was the train I took the Donau in the first place. So I got out at the stop, and after wandering around the kinda sketchy terminal for a while, managed to find the U-bahn station and board the U1 to Karlsplatz, where I transferred to the U4 to Kettenbrückengasse. It was an interesting adventure (and all for the sweet taste of a Whopper!), but at least now I know how that whole thing works. Now I must return to studying for my German test tomorrow! ^_^