Once we were inside the city, Elora kept asking if there was a castle, and if we could go inside it. So we tried to head straight to the palace. Unfortunately, with the narrow streets and no map – Elora had removed it from...
Tag - Museum
Every morning we enjoyed breakfast on the beach. The food wasn’t really that great but for breakfast you can’t expect too much. One thing that was tasty is the fruit and quark (a heavy cream-like plain yogurt) they...
On our second day in Prague, we crossed the Danube to the other half of the city and…. (click Finish Reading below) Elora reminded us the Danube “goes all the way to Vienna!” (and to Budapest). There are several...
We spent a few days in Prague, and it is definitely one of the most beautiful cities we’ve seen yet. Very old, and medieval looking, along with a lot of classical architecture as well. We had so much fun in just a few days...
When it got rainy a couple weeks ago, Elora and Grace had to postpone their playdate at the zoo, and we decided to go back to the Schmetterling Haus instead. This time Elora found a butterfly that would let her hold it!Elora...
On the day we went to Wehrheim, we also stopped by an old Roman Fort called the Saalburg for a couple hours.Traces of the fort date back about 2000 years and it was a part of a huge wall that stretched across most of Germany.We...
We took the kids to see the Wagenburg, the Imperial Carriage Museum that has over 100 carriages from the former Imperial Court. Back when there was an Imperial Court, the court had over 900 carriages. And they are all very...
Our apartment was right around the corner from the Opera. This opera house is rated the third best sounding acoustics in the world, right behind Milan and Paris. Wow.When you are entering the Opera house there are paintings like...
Elora went back to the Butterfly House to meet her new friend Grace. They both love butterflies. Elora had to wear her butterfly dress and Grace brought her butterfly sunglasses. They had a lot of fun running around and crawling...
Here is part of the Hofburg, which houses lots of museums. We went to the imperial armory, home to lots of ancient and ornate armor and weapons.A lot of the weapons and armor belonged to different emperors and royalty, and most...