This is a copz of the email I sent to mz friends. Incidentallz, the z for y substition is on purpose. The kezboards here are a bit different and I'm still jet lagged. So here is the letter to friends.
patchy (et al)

ok...i'm here. i hate the keyboards here, they have extra vowels and some of the letters are different locations then i am used to.

Vienna is cold and damp and snowy. the languauge is easier then i thought it would be but i still don't speak it well. most people speak english but some roll their eyes at you when u don't even attempt to speak their language.

the city is very beautiful and very old. so far, i have seen mozart's house, parliment, the town hall and St. Stephens which is pretty impressive. i hope to see a few more statues, as well as bethoven and freud's homes.

The food is so good and so rich. i love it. the coffee is delicious and the chocolates are....WOW!

we had a preview performance last night (wednesdaz) and it went very well. I was surprised at the things the audience responded to favorably or unfavorably. In a city known for its famous music, they seemed to jump out of their seats at the music in our show (can u believe it? just silly comic songs). we did have trouble with some of our scene change music and pre show music. they have very strict copyright laws here concerning music. u have to pay artists for their music even if u use only 10 seconds of it.

i am still trying to catch up on sleep. this morning i awoke at 5 am local time. vienna is 7 hours ahead of chicago so u do the math. i just have not gotten my body to accept that i am on a different schedule.

I was also able to book a trip to amsterdam using my American Airlines miles. 20,000 miles for a ticket. which still leaves me plenty of miles.

that is enough for now. i will write again later.

pip