Some small corrections - as Vienna is the town where I live.  :-)

In Digest 970613 Ingmar Krause wrote:
> There also *IS* a Mechanical Music Museum!!!  It is to be found in the
> Bohemian Prater in the south-east of Vienna (Oberlaa) at the end of the
> Prater-Street.  It is quite a small museum, but worth to see for sure.
> However, if you come within the MEMUSI-time, you will have far better
> data provided during the tour through the museum.

This small and _private_ museum is located at the end of 'Laaer
Wald'.  The meeting is hosted by the owners mother and son Geissler
at their Heurigen-restaurant "Zum Werkelmann" (of course they will
provide a tour for the participants of the event).

> If you want to see the real Vienna at an acceptable price, then you must
> visit some of the "Heurigen-Lokale", but not the overcrowded ones in
> Grintzing, where tourists drop-in by bus.  Ask a taxi-driver for one of
> those situated at the south border of the city! (the city, not the
> center.)

'Grinzing' is the right spelling.  When asking a taxi-driver you will
surely have a good chance to get an information (normally inadequate
but can be slightly improved if you understand Serbo-Croatian or
Turkish language) and/or you will have an overpriced trip with too
much speed crosswise the city ( all-over-probability = 76.3%  ;-)  )

On the other hand you can look at your city map, ask at the
tourist-information or hotel, or point your browser to one
of the search-engines;  among many hits you will find
"http://www.ertl.co.at/eckert" (Thomas Eckert), owner of a
'Heuriger' in Stammersdorf/Vienna and wine-producer too.
(Do not hesitate to send him my greetings).

At your request I can put a list of Heurigen frequented by excellent
musicians (at some rare events you can even listen to barrel-organ
performances).

In Digest 970614 Larry Lobel wrote:
> Even the McDonald's restaurant was in a classical 18th century
> building  (no kidding!).

It is sad to notice the disappearance of famous Vienna coffeehouses -
exchanged for such trivial shops where they sell now the essential
goods like fast-food and other jewels of the human maintenance.  Can
somebody tell me why nearly all over the world those companies
normally reside in cubic booths?

Claus Kucher

 [ I guess they're trying to add a third dimension to an already
 [ "square meal", Claus.  ;)  I read recently that this old American
 [ expression derives from the square wooden plates upon which the
 [ earliest U. S. Marines were served dinner.  Under the critical gaze
 [ of the drill instructor they ate a "square meal" !  -- Robbie