We went out to Hellbrunn, an estate just outside of Salzburg where the archbishop used to bring guests to entertain them on summer days. The best part of Hellbrunn is the trick water fountains in the gardens. We enjoyed a tour of...
Oliver scouted out all the places we needed to visit to find out about Mozart as we walked around the city and then we had a great “day of Mozart” where we visited all the places Oliver wanted to go. Our first stop...
I have always wanted to take family photos with all of us in our Austrian clothing. There is nothing cuter than men and boys in lederhosen. We finally picked a day to go out and a location close enough to home so that if it was...
I recently found some cute ideas for sewing felt animals with my kids. I decided we should try our hand at sewing. It was interesting, to say the least, dealing with thread, needles, and fabric for four kids at once, but I was...
I love the new ZOOM Studio! It is called Splish Splash Balderdash and the theme is building boats and other water activities. There are awesome work benches and real tools for the kids to use and plenty of fun ways to play in the...
Remise is Oliver’s favorite museum. He loves trains, buses, and all public transit and says they are the reason why he wants to live in Vienna forever. We had a free ticket on our Niederösterreich Card which expired at the...
Oliver has been asking to visit Salzburg since the day he found out Mozart was born there, so a couple weeks ago we decided to plan a trip! We stayed in Salzburg for five days, and lucked out with a pretty great airbnb apartment...
Spring is here! We celebrated by enjoying the fountain that just got filled today at the Palais Lichtenstein. The kids had a great time walking around the fountain, looking at the ducks, and finding the hose that was currently...
On Saturday we went to the St. Patrick’s Day parade! We dressed in green, but since it was raining and cold everyone had to wear coats and hats over their green clothes. I made little shamrocks out of felt for the kids to...
Elora and Oliver have been working on composer projects. We have learned about several composers and they each wrote a little report about their favorite. We have never done anything like this in school and I am so proud of them...
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