After thinking I was finished blogging Grandma’s visit, I found a bunch more pictures… so there will be a couple more days to finish of her trip! I took my mom to go see the Schonbrunn tour. It is such a beautiful...
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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...
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...
Chris decided to stay home with the kids in the morning so they could actually get a proper nap time, so I took my mom over to the Schonbrunn to see the Apple Strudel Show. While we waited for the show to start, we explored some...
We have wanted to see the big cemetary in Vienna for a long time, so we decided to take mom over to visit it. There is a big church in the middle of the cemetary with a beautiful brightly lit inside. We didn’t take many...
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...
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...
My mom has come to Vienna for a couple weeks and we started our visit by a day at the Schonbrunn. Elora insisted that the first thing we needed to show Grandma was the maze. So we bought my mom the ticket that would allow her to...
The Armory (military history museum) had its annual medieval festival where they shoot off all the cannons and have a great market. We headed over a couple weeks ago to check out the market, and the kids got to wear their knight...