Rome: Day 2 – The Vatican

Day 2: The kids woke up early, and it was another nice sunny day. We decided that although the Vatican is pretty far from the rest of the sites that we would walk there first thing in the morning, and then see a few sites on our...

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Happy Hallowiener

Fröhliche Halloween aus Wien! Happy Halloween from Vienna! If you missed our previous Halloween 09 post, here is where we explain the kids homemade Halloween costumes. Austrians don’t celebrate Halloween or go...

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Zoo with Friends

We went to the zoo yesterday with some friends. It was their first time to the zoo, and Elora had a great time showing everyone around. We are enjoying this awesome Fall weather, and hope it lasts! We went to the Hippo...

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Painting Leaf Collages

We collected leaves at the park and brought them home to make collages. Once we had glued all the leaves, Elora said she wanted to paint them.   We got out the paints, and as you can see, had a great time painting. I...

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Naschmarkt

Last week we went to the Naschmarkt with our friends Louis and Becky. We wanted to get there before the Hungarian pastry stand stops coming – we were worried that with the cold weather they might not make the trip over from...

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Roter Berg

These pics are from a few weeks ago when it was still warm and I just keep forgetting to post them! Here is Ollie trying out the scooter. It is hard for Elora to get a turn because as soon as Oliver sees it, he climbs on. He...

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