Cousin Amy came to Vienna a couple days ago and we’ve been having a lot of fun. We gave her a sample itinerary before she arrived and she picked all the places to go. The first stop? The Schatzkammer – Royal Treasury...
Tag - Market
We have been going to some of the Christmas markets the past week. The weather has been beautiful most days, so we thought we should enjoy the markets as much as possible before the weather gets cold! We went to the Rathaus...
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...
The weather got cold and dreary on Friday, but by Saturday morning I decided we needed to get out anyway, so we headed to the Naschmarkt to meet some friends. We got there a bit early, so we played at the Karlsplatz playground...
This weekend there was a Chocofest at the Haus der Industrie Museum here in Vienna. Chris is off to work in Florida, so I called up some friends, and headed out for some chocolate samples!!When we got there we found a kid station...
Our last day we went back to Salzburg, stopping first at the Schloss Hellbrunn that we read about on the internet. It is a beautiful little palace that was built in the 1600s by the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, Markus Sittikus...
Oktoberfest! We drove into Munich, but parked near an Ubahn (subway) stop far away from the festival to avoid traffic and crowds. We never had to wonder which way to go on the train to get to the festival because we just followed...
Last week Chris said, Hey! We have to go to Oktoberfest! So we looked around and found an apartment to rent the day before we wanted to leave, rented a car, and off we went! We were actually staying near Salzburg, so the first...
The Austrian medieval city of Friesach holds a Mittlealter Spectaculum (Middle Ages Spectacular) every year on the last Saturday in July. The city is closed to cars, electricity shut off and set ablaze with torches and fire pits...
We went to a Rennaissance Fair, which is called a Middle Ages Market in German. It was held at the Aresenal military history museum in Vienna, so naturally it started with a demonstration of various artillery pieces and some...