Hello, Vienna and Geraldine + Thomas

We left Paris early this morning and took a flight to Vienna. We’ve been to Vienna before, but this visit has a very specific objective: a reunion with our dear friends, Geraldine and Thomas. Thomas is Viennese and Geraldine is South African so they spend northern hemisphere summers in Vienna.

We met them in 2020 on a 54-day cruise around South America which ended up diverted due to Covid. As a result, we spent an additional eight days on board and became close friends.

We maintained our friendship through FaceTime sessions. Then, last year, we spent 180 days with them on an around the world cruise. This was our first time seeing them since last year.

We’re staying at a quirky boutique hotel in the centre of Vienna which has been a family-run business since 1908. We were upgraded to a suite which was sweet.

Thomas and Geraldine came to our hotel to meet us early evening and Geraldine and I couldn’t help getting a bit teary-eyed seeing each other again.🥰 We went for drinks on the patio of a cafe where the cool kids go and then Thomas showed us around, including taking us to the square named after his father who was Vienna’s mayor for ten years. We ended the evening with dinner at Vienna’s oldest restaurant.

🎼 Reunited and it feels so good…🎶Read more