I go to ISMB/ECCB 2007 in Vienna, and David comes along and goes to the archives. We take a couple days to see the area too.


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01molly
Molly
wants to come with us!
02viennaair
Vienna
from the air
03prater
Our hotel is near
the famus Prater
04sausage
For our first dinner
David takes me to one of his favorite sausage stands
05musicians
Musicians
play in the street
06davidiran
David visits people at
the Vienna Institute for Iranian Studies
07illmitz
We head out to Illmitz
a small town in near the lake Neusiedlersee
08bb
We stay at
a picturesque winery
09stork
A young stork
tries out his wings
10vinyard
We walk in the countryside
past many, many grapes
11grapes
A bunch of grapes
12drylake1
To get to a
dry lake that was supposed to be a good birding spot!
13reedbeds
Undeterred, we head on towards Neusiedlersee
and see many birds in the reedbeds
14swans
Swans in the lake
we go swimming here, too
15geese
A family of geese
near the lake
16gosling
A young goose
17butterfly
On the way back
we pass some very pretty butterflies
18sunset
And watch the sunset
19davidsunset
David
taking pictures of the sunset
20annesunset
Anne
in the vinyard
21hedgehog
At dinner
we see a baby hedgehog
22davidfrog
And David photographs...
23frog
...a very cute frog!
24wwf
The next day
we bird watch at the WWF Station
25swallow
A swallow
we see there
26daviddrylake2
We walk to
another dry lake!
27well
These poles and huts appear iconic
but we're not sure what they are. Wells?
28davidapetlon
Yeah!
we make it to the next town
29anneapetlon
Anne resting
after the walk
30davidbus
David napping
as we wait for the bus
31biglake
Before going back to Vienna
we go swimming one more time
32ismbwelcome
Heading to ISMB
33orienteering
We go on the orienteering event
34poster
Saif and Christoph
at Christoph's poster
35dinner
The conference dinner
takes up a whole street
36vinyarddinner
Vinyards
at the dinner location
37cathedral
After the conference
we visit the Cathedral in Vienna
40churchUban
David
photographing the Cathedral
39icecream
We get icecream
at David's favorite spot
38davidcathedral
In the U-bahn
there is the basement of an old church
41churchoutline
Anne
in front of the church's outline at ground level
42hopscotch
Hopscotch
projected by the toy store
43terracotta
We visit
a recreation of part of the Terracotta Army
44lastview
One last view of Vienna
45airplane
Before heading home

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