Still a little more back blogging from our last couple weeks. We met one of Chris’ MBA friends and went to the Cafe Schwarzenburg. We were supposed to be going to a Chocolate Festival, but the place where the festival was...
Category - Food
One of the last touristy things we did in Vienna was to visit the Imperial Crypt and take the kids out for a fancy cup of hot chocolate. This crypt is where many of the Haupsburgs are burried. Needless to say the coffins are...
So how do you prep to move your family across the world? By stocking up on our favorite chocolate bars whenever they go on sale so we can ship them all home. Who needs to bring home clothes, blankets, or kitchenware? We have 30+...
Our friend Brooke gave us a gingerbread house kit at Christmas time, but we never got around to making it until recently! We did not have all the right ingredients to make frosting, but the box said that you can melt sugar to...
Chris had his 30th birthday about a week ago, so of course we had to have a party. I asked if he wanted to go out, and instead said he wanted BBQ pork sandwiches. Two weeks away from moving home to America, and we had a party...
And here is our final ski video. This time it’s Chris & Karen rocking out. Some really epic ski film action, with the best soundtrack. Make sure you check it out! On our last day of skiing, the sun came out and the...
Last week we went on our final Austrian ski trip (at least for awhile…) We decided to head back to Kuhtai, which was our favorite place last year. They had a good ski school, it was easy to get everywhere, and the skiing...
Ever wonder what happens to Austrian powdered sugar in a humid house? Yeah, me neither. But now that you are wondering, it turns into rocks of powdered sugar. Literally. The whole rectangle box of sugar turned into a hard block...
Okay, so this is another oldie but goodie blog post, but I will post it anyway. Back in December I headed over to church with Elora and Oliver so that I could get together with some great ladies and make Vanilla Kipferl which are...
Plachutta is one of our favorite places to eat. It’s expensive though, so we’ve only been once before. But we wanted to make sure Nana and Grampy got to experience a nice restaurent in Vienna since they eat out all...