An Interesting Day In Oberwart.

A bit of stealth shopping among Oberwarters.

At least it rained cats and dogs when we set out, so nobody in their right minds would think of lingering long enough to shake hands and perchance drop a few flu bugs. Only this morning the Austrian Morning Shows were reporting that curiously enough our county, Burgenland, is the only one in Austria sans any confirmed cases. They were puzzled by it but, I tend to think it is due to us enjoying life with local wine & schnapps and avoiding road rage and the like. Gosh, our capital, Eisenstadt only has about 15 000 inhabitants. How stressed could we be?

But still, shopping in town today one was a bit more aware of anyone sniffling ( plenty of those during flu season after all ), coughing or god forbid, sneezing. Shockingly I too was extra vigilant in the shopping center and took every opportunity to rush to the toilet to wash my hands.

Bob at one point needed to cough while we were inside Hofer, and he actually looked left and right to see if anyone was looking before quietly coughing into his elbow. Yes, life has gone mad.

For lunch we naturally migrated to our favourite restaurant-The Chinese Buffet- and as per normal it was packed with every table filled. Before we got there I had worked out an elaborate plan of how to avoid touching the serving spoons but forgot all about it. Gosh, just as well because using chopsticks to dish my food might have held up the line at the buffet.

Just like the flu virus, this corona one could be everywhere and nowhere. There are so many places we touch on a daily basis and if we haven't picked up the common flu so far, why should we suddenly pick up the corona one? More luck at winning the lotto!

Anyway, shopping in Oberwart was a treat. For Bob and I it has become our High-street of yore...part of the charm of going shopping is running into friends and acquaintances and taking the time to shoot the breeze.

Biggi