Dear Friends,
We are coming to the close of our time in the Pacific NW. Daniel got back to Vienna already yesterday. On Dec. 7 I get my final chemotherapy here in Seattle. (Presumably the chemo series will be continued in Vienna after the start of the new year.)
Next week Brenda and I fly to Illinois to visit three of our supporting churches in the western part of the state. Then we spend Dec. 19-29 with family members on the East Coast. By Dec. 30 we should be back in Vienna.
As you remember from our presentations in the past months Vienna is both a spiritually needy and humanly attractive place. The latter has once more been documented by a major international agency:
Vienna: For the 3rd time in a row, the world's Most Livable City
A fact that makes millions of visitors to Vienna so enthusiastic has again been confirmed by a well-known international city survey: Vienna’s the best in every way!!!
Each year the international consulting firm Mercer does a survey to evaluate the quality of living in 221 cities around the world. Once again in 2011, Vienna came out on top in the study, making the Austrian capital the world's most livable city for the third time in a row.
The survey compares the political, social and economic climate, medical care, education, and infrastructural conditions such as public transportation, power and water supply. It also takes into consideration recreational offers such as restaurants, theaters, cinemas, sports facilities, the availability of all kinds of consumer goods from food to cars, as well as environmental conditions - from green space to air quality.
Joe
