We spent much of this afternoon trying to take a self-guided tram ride throughout the center ring surrounding Vienna. According to our 2008 guidebook, there would be two different tram lines that would circle the city, close to interesting monuments and museums to aid the visitor in getting their bearings around town. We took the one most recommended by the book and started off. I read from the guidebook as we went and got to about the fourth entry when I started to notice that I could not match the book with anything I was seeing – including road names. We stubbornly refused to think anything was wrong though, continuing as if the next site would be just around the corner. It was not. At the end of the line, we waited the 5 minutes with the tram driver and then returned back the way we came. Determined to finish this self-guided tour with our already paid for 72-hour public transit pass, we jumped on the other recommended tram — only to find out that it too did not actually circle the city but went out of it and then back in, making the guidebook moot and irrelevant. As it turns out (we found out later) the city decided that so many people were taking advantage of the public transit to do this kind of sightseeing, that they have since added a Ring Tram exclusively to go along these destinations. Yes, it does cost extra. By the time we figured all of this out, we both had to use the bathroom and decided to return to the hotel so Maylene could get some more work in. We had a good time anyway though and enjoyed the Starbucks we found immensely – it was sooo hot that all I wanted was some ice coffee. Of course this was our first visit to Starbucks since leaving the US and they don’t have ice coffee over here – bummer dude. We enjoyed our iced bevy anyway and especially watching the drug deals go down just outside the Starbucks in the metro station – that is until the cops broke them up. I tell you, drug deals just seem to look the same everywhere you are. Coffee + People Watching = bliss!