Marion calls Saturdays, “Daddy Days” because it is the one day we all go out together with Daddy. Sometimes we just wander about the city and discover new places. Sometimes we go to the Naschmarkt and get kebabs (most...
Category - Vienna
We are learning about composers in school right now and this week we have been learning about Mozart! He is my kids’ favorite composer and they have been waiting to learn about him, so this was a very exciting week at our...
We had some beautiful weather last week, so I took the kids ice skating at the Rathaus! There is a section of the ice that is free during the day and has these fun penguins for the younger kids to hold onto while they are...
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...
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...