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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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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Party – Napali Style

We were invited to our friends’, Om and Sarita, house for dinner. We had asked about the kind of food they ate back home in Napal and they said they would cook for us. They invited us over for what you might call the Hindu...

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Stop Smoking Party

Our friend Om is trying to stop smoking, so we had him and some friends over for dinner to help him start a fifteen step program to stop smoking. Here is Chris in his new Austrian coat, cooking spaetzle. When Chris told a...

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Karen’s Birthday!!! Part 1

This is title “Part 1” because Chris had to work on my birthday, and we had planned to celebrate my birthday in a couple weeks when Chris doesn’t have school or work. But some friends of mine wanted me to have a...

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Schoenbrunn Zoo (again!)

We went to the zoo with Grace again. Elora and Grace had such a great time playing in the hippo house. Chris took all these pics of the girls, and I couldn’t decide which one I liked, so I made a collage. This is...

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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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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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