With all the snow outside the other day, it was a great chance to take the kids to the park to go sledding! Oliver was very excited to put his little snow suit on and happily said “Cheese!” for this picture. Elora...
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To get ready for Christmas we made ginger bread houses with graham crackers, smuggled for us from the UN commissary. Daddy helped Elora make a fancy house with a big roof, which involved measuring angles and cutting various...
We got a great last minute deal on a rental car, so we decided to take a quick tour to the “real” Christkindlesmarkt in the Bavarian region of Germany. Salzburg, in Austria, is practically part of Bavaria, and on the...
One other really neat feature of the Christmas markets here is that there are some neat activities for kids! Elora is finally old enough to participate in some of the neat activities, so a couple times last week I met up...
We have tried to spend a lot of time going to Christmas markets this year, since it is supposed to be our last Vienna Christmas (sigh…) So here are some pics from various markets we have gone to in the past couple...
Since we have been traveling we are a little behind on our posting! Just after Thanksgiving we started decorating for Christmas. We pulled out our tiny fake tree and our beautiful ornaments and had fun as a family decorating. ...
During November it is Goose Season! Meaning that Goose is a common food to eat. Sort of like how we eat Turkey at Thanksgiving. Chris’ MBA class all went out for goose one night. It was amazing – the waiters kept...
For those of you who have never skied in Zermatt, passing by the Matterhorn as you continue on the 9 mile-long run down into town, this first-person-view video by me (Chris, with accompanying music and captions) will...
Who needs European hot chocolate? We had Swiss Miss! More good views of the Matterhorn. We had clear blue skies for the last few days of skiing. Amy and I were totally sore and only skiied half days, but Chris was a super all...
Up up we go in a packed gondola. Everyone was ready to enjoy the slopes after yesterdays stormy weather. After our crazy stormy day, we headed up into the cloudy mountains to find that the sun was shining at the top...