My 1999 European Vacation - Page 4

I called Johann, as I had promised I would and we decided to get together that Thursday. I won’t soon forget the wonderful day I’ve spent with him. I was in complete awe at his collection. I didn’t know what to look at first, obviously I didn’t see half of it and simply must go back there and spend a few days and make sure, I’ll write down all the questions I have beforehand and take lots of pictures, which I didn’t do this time. I was just so taken by everything he has, PEZ memorabilia I’ve never seen or heard of. My mind obviously wasn’t functioning properly and I wasn’t thinking clearly ;-) . This was truly a collector’s dream come true experience for me. Do you know how the original PEZ dispenser came to be? If you are interested to find out just click on the Original Dispenser link and read the article as translated from the first issue of the PEZ Post.

Later in the afternoon we took the streetcar through Vienna to go the Prater, the famous Vienna amusement park, where we met up with his brother Fritz.

The famous Wiener Riesenrad im Prater

At the train station, I spotted a new PEZ Vending machine that displays Peter PEZ. It's nice, as vending machines go, but no comparison to the old ones, at least in my opinion.

Peter PEZ vending machine that still dispenses candy

My girlfriend’s daughter and son joined us for dinner at the Prater and we went on some rides, had a few laughs in the fun house and were sorry when the evening had to come to an end.

Michael, Jim, Christl, Dora, Johann, Desire and Fritz having dinner at the Prater

Of course the younger crowd like Christl and Desire went on some real wild rides.
Way too much for me ;-).

Jim, Johann, Dora and Fritz in front of the wild ride that Christl and Desire are about to take

On Friday we showed Christl the sights of Vienna, including the famous Stephan’s Dom, since this was her first trip to that great city.

Stephan Dom in Vienna

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