Back in Budapest

My (Chris’) Mom came to visit us in Vienna and we decided to take the train over to Budapest for a few days.Here we are after our full 3 hour train ride (which the Austrian train service calls a “just over 2 hour...

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More Schmetterling Haus…

These are pics from various trips to the Schmetterling Haus over the past couple months. We spend a lot of time there… and will probably be spending even more now that winter is coming! Oliver really loves running...

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Zoo Day

Elora has been asking to go to the zoo forever, so we decided to spend the morning there last week before it got too hot.Oliver now walks everywhere, and was super excited to climb all the fences and tried to jump in all the...

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Kebab Party

As we’ve written previously, Kebabs are perhaps the greatest sandwich ever. Every American (and immigrant from other countries) that comes to Vienna loves to eat Kebab. So we decided to have some other Kebab loving friends...

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Palais Lichtenstein Park

Chris goes to class in the Palais Lichtenstein, and we recently discovered that there is a HUGE playground there. So while Chris went to class, we came to play at the park while waiting for his lunch break. Elora’s friends...

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A Night Out for Mom

My friend Bindi and I went out (without kids!!!!) to see The Proposal at one of the English movie theaters here. I had told Bindi that Chris wouldn’t want to pay to see it in the theater, and she generously offered to go...

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Fountains and Marshmallows

We were so excited to take Oliver to the big fountain a few weeks ago, since he loves water, and it was closed! Being cleaned out after a big festival. Sigh.So we came back a week later to enjoy it, and Oliver was so excited! He...

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Date Night!!!

So the new Harry Potter came out, and we HAD to see it in the theater, because the last movie I saw in the theater was…. the last Harry Potter that came out! So we finally got someone to watch our kids for the night, and...

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