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johnfowles · 05-26-2010, 01:40 PM

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...WUQUCxQ2A9uu7Q
VIENNA — Vienna is the best city in the world to live while war-torn Baghdad is the worst, a survey said Wednesday, putting Europe at the top of the rankings with Asia and Africa trailing.
The Austrian capital "retains the top spot as the city with the world's best quality of living," British consultancy firm Mercer said in its 2010 Quality of Living Survey

Vienna is one major European city I have never visited although I did once spend a week skiing in Austria at a resort at the other end of the country nearer to Innsbruck
I was reminded of that recently while waching the Vancouver Olympics from Whistler Mountain,because we were in Innsbruck the year after they had held the Olympics there and we climbed to the top of the skijump tower.
It was HIGHLY amusing as in addition to being high of course, as I remember it looking down the slope at the bottom was a large cafeteria etc building and just beyond was the city cemetary
So if you over shot...you just might get a bargain price burial

SCARY!!!

05-26-2010, 01:40 PM	#1
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Does Florian know something the rest of us don't?? http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...WUQUCxQ2A9uu7Q VIENNA — Vienna is the best city in the world to live while war-torn Baghdad is the worst, a survey said Wednesday, putting Europe at the top of the rankings with Asia and Africa trailing. The Austrian capital "retains the top spot as the city with the world's best quality of living," British consultancy firm Mercer said in its 2010 Quality of Living Survey Vienna is one major European city I have never visited although I did once spend a week skiing in Austria at a resort at the other end of the country nearer to Innsbruck I was reminded of that recently while waching the Vancouver Olympics from Whistler Mountain,because we were in Innsbruck the year after they had held the Olympics there and we climbed to the top of the skijump tower. It was HIGHLY amusing as in addition to being high of course, as I remember it looking down the slope at the bottom was a large cafeteria etc building and just beyond was the city cemetary So if you over shot...you just might get a bargain price burial SCARY!!! Last edited by johnfowles; 05-26-2010 at 01:42 PM.