We were supposed to go swimming with a friend today, but James has a double ear infection and the older two kids are pretty tired from fighting off colds. I didn’t want Marion to be disappointed, so she got to pick which...
Category - Austria
After the Christmas Markets close down, Vienna sets up a big ice skating rink all around the Rathaus (city hall). We finally took the kids on Monday night after I saved upwards of 50 euros by hunting down used ice skates all...
The kids have been learning about Beethoven and I found this really cool website with different “musician walks” you can go on in Vienna. I took Elora and Oliver on a Beethoven walking tour on a beautiful snowy...
On Saturday we went to the Musical Instrument and Armory Museum. They are housed in the Hofburg, the imperial palace in Vienna. James was really excited to see the armor, and Elora and Oliver have been learning about Beethoven...
There was an Italien Chocolate Festival this week in Vienna. Mostly, it was a few booths set up with delicious things to look at and buy, but who would want to miss out on that? Chris and I took Elora and Oliver to check it out...
The kids have been asking to go to the aquarium all week, so we headed over there today after lunch. It was a great time to go with very few people and a new exhibit that has been under construction all year is now open! The kids...
We went to the ZOOM Museum and checked out the new studio exhibit – Colors, Colors, Everywhere! The Studio is my favorite section in the ZOOM Museum. There is always lots of mess to be made and it is so amazing to see what...
We were out with Chris today and decided to head to the Kunsthistorische Museum. We haven’t been there in awhile and it was WAY too cold to play outside. Here is James saying, “I am cold. Take me off this bush so we...
There is a cafe near us that I love called Strudl’s. I go there when I go out by myself so I can relax with really yummy soup and even better dessert. I have been telling Chris how great it is and we were supposed to go...
Oliver lost his scripture bag a few weeks ago. He set it down on the train and then forgot and moved seats. When her remembered, he looked around and his bag was gone. I didn’t have much hope of finding it, but I asked...