The last day of Grandma’s visit with us, we decided to travel to the town of Melk and see the big monastery there. We were excited to travel somewhere new to explore. Here we are taking the train. This is how it goes...
Category - Museum
We took Grandma to see the Treasury with all the old crowns, sceptors, jewelry, and also an impressive collection of relics. We didn’t have a nice camera, so we only took a couple pics inside to show off Grandma next to the...
The one museum we all (especially Elora) really didn’t want Grandma to miss was the art history museum. It is probably my favorite museum in Vienna because not only is the art wonderful, but the building is beautiful...
We stayed for 2 days in the town of Friesach for a medieval festival, which we also went to last year called the Friesach Spectaculum. Our friend who was one of the missionaries here in Vienna came to visit with his Mom. Here you...
Some of Chris’ classes were in the Palais Liechtenstein – must be nice to go to school in a palace. The palace is also home to an art museum, and Chris has been wanting to go for awhile. There is also a really awesome...
The first place Elora said she wanted to show Grandma was the “Knight Museum” so we headed over to the Neuburg to see the collection of musical instruments and the armory. They have new audio guides that show pics of...
We have never been to the National Library in Vienna, and I read it is amazing, so off we went! It is kind of expensive considering you just see one room, but wow was it a beautiful place. It was completed in 1730. There are...
On to day two of the London tour! We decided to go to the Tower of London because Elora really really really wanted to see the crown jewels. I am not kidding, she was so excited. First a little story about Elora before we came to...
On this day we spent a lot of time walking all over London. This was the same day we were at the British Museum. Afterwards we went to Buckinham Palace and hung out at St. James Park. Here we are at Buckingham Palace. We...
The British Museum is absolutely huge, and has a really amazing collection of artifacts. I was so excited to go and see it, and Elora was in absolute heaven with so many neat things to look at. The best part were these small...