Here is part of the Hofburg, which houses lots of museums. We went to the imperial armory, home to lots of ancient and ornate armor and weapons.A lot of the weapons and armor belonged to different emperors and royalty, and most...
Archive - March 2009
The Vienna Naschmarkt is a large open air fresh meat, fish, fruit, veggies, spices, etc. market stretching over a kilometer long. There are also quite a few little restaurants and cafes there. We go there for some grocery...
The Musical Instrument Museum! The Hofberg Imperial palace houses a large collection of antique music instruments. Its one of the museums our membership gets us into.Here is Elora checking out a gold trimmed piano that Mozart...
We have a free access to several museums in Vienna thanks to our Kunsthistorische Museum membership. The national art history museum is so large that you can’t really see it all in a week. So we just go and visit a section...
It was fun planning Elora’s little party. She was so excited, about a month before her birthday she told me she wanted a party “with lots of kids!” We were going to go to the zoo, but alas, the day before the...
After going to the little park right across the street, we decided the next day to go to the bigger Roterberg. Here is Elora riding in her “Birdsnest” swing, waiving her Irish flag with pride.Oliver is getting big...
We had a couple days where the sun came out and it was warm enough to go outside. I was so excited that I was the one saying, “Come on, let’s go to the park! Don’t you want to go outside?”It is fun to...
Last week when Chris had class, he was gone from 8 in the morning until 7 at night. The kids are used to being able to barge into Daddy’s office at home at least five times a day, so they are always disappointed to see him...
I found a Music Together Class here in Vienna. It is a little music class, taught in English, for young kids of any age. Elora went a few times in California with her cousin Aidan and loved it, so when I saw they had it here, and...
There was a little St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Vienna last Saturday, so Elora wore her St. Patrick’s Day socks, and I put on my green scarf and took the kids to check it out. There was a little parade to kick...