Day Three
It's a beautiful day today so Wolfgang and I put our plan into action and cycled into Vienna to go for a final walk with Tashi and her boyfriend. It was lovely to see her and I was able to say a proper "See you on the other side" goodbye, so I feel better now but only being in phone contact. But there were so many people out cycling and running! The cycle path leads through a nudist area (Austria's funny like that) and one couple had spread themselves out down at the water's edge for a good sunbathe. I'm pretty sure that's not what the Chancellor had in mind when he said "Go for a walk alone in the woods" to get some exercise! But I'm not sure how much longer going out for exercise will be permitted. My niece is in Spain where only dog-walkers and supermarket shoppers are allowed out, and she and her flatmates have been racking their brains for ways to create a fake dog. Things aren't as bad here (yet) but today Tashi was issued with a piece of paper from her workplace (she works part-time at a day centre for the homeless) saying that she was an essential worker who should be exempted from any curfew in order to be able to work. If charities are thinking it's a likely scenario, I'm sure they have good reason.