Location: Vienna
Tabbie, Spikie and Nico arrived at around 11:00 to pick me up, a bit later than planned. I went to the supermarket in the meanwhile and got us some rolls for lunch. Before I went to the supermarket, it was still sunny. When I got out, it rained really hard and I got so soaked on the way home that I had to switch my clothes.
We waited out the rain at my place, then drove to the MuseumsQuartier parking garage. On the we you could already see lots of people who were in theme for the parade.
In the garage, we got into our fursuits and went to the Ring street, where the parade was already ongoing. We met up with Goddy and Daryl, who was staying with Goddy for the weekend. Coorandilla also joined us.
Lots of people took photos and the vibe was great as always. There were a few more drops of rain, but nothing too bad. Sadly no rainbow visible though, but there were enough rainbows everywhere else anyway!
When we saw almost the entire parade come by, we joined the parade a bit. A bit further ahead, Atura and Yamavu also found us. I felt a bit bad for the EU truck, which was the last one of the parade. It did have amazing music, but no dancing crowd behind it, only cleanup vehicles.
We made it until the State Opera house, where people had their own pride party on the balcony.
After 3 hours of suiting, we decided to end it and walked back to the garage together with Coorandilla. We very much craved an iced latte and some air conditioning, so we went to Starbucks and got all of that. Yamavu and Atura joined us at Starbucks, later also Goddy, Daryl and Rato.
We stayed there for a while, I tried to scribble a but, but was too tired from suiting. Outside Starbucks, we spent another 20 minutes saying good-byes, then Tabbie, Spikie, Nico and I went back to the car. They dropped me off at home, where I took a long and cold shower.
As always, the Pride Parade in Vienna was amazing! Such a great vibe, the world needs more of that. Even if you're not from Vienna, it's well worth a visit!