We had some nice weather so we took the kids out for a hike in the Vienna imperial hunting grounds. It’s not a far walk from our apartment, but you have to walk a good way up hill so you work up a nice sweat. We found...
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We got together with some American friends for the 4th of July andwent to TGI Fridays in Vienna to celebrate America’s birthday Americanstyle. Unfortunately the waiters refused to sing “Happy BirthdayAmerica”...
We interrupt this Rhodes blogging to bring you an update on doctors in Vienna. After both the kids and Chris got sick with what appears to be varying degrees of strep infections among all 3, we called a doctor’s office in...
We have attempted to go to the zoo with Elora’s friend Grace at least4 times. And even though it is sunny most of the time, every plannedzoo trip is a rain day. So, we went to the Schmetterling Haus instead. It’s more...
Elora and her friend Grace went to the petting zoo at Cobenzl inVienna and had a great time together. It’s fun to see how as Elora gets older she actually interacts withother children instead of just standing next to them...
We went on a Church activity that was a hike through the old ImperialHunting Grounds called the Lainzer Tiergarten that is just on theborder of Vienna. Elora had a great time playing with all the people and was thrilled tolearn a...
Chris wanted me to see a little slice of California in Vienna, so wewent to Mexikoplatz! Nothing says California like Mexico! This is called Mexikoplatz because when the Nazis took over Austria before WWII, Mexico was one of two...
Here are more pictures from the zoo. We went back a week ago, and it was the first zoo trip where Oliver was old enough to get really excited about the animals.There is a playground with a bunny and guinea pig pen. Oliver loved...
So one of the perks of having an MBA program in a palace in Vienna is the catering. Viennese people love their coffee breaks so we have frequent 10 minute coffee breaks, some of which are catered with tasty treats like you see...
While Chris was at school this week, the kids and I headed to the Schönbrunn Gardens to enjoy the nice weather (it was sunny when we left the house anyway…) Oliver really wanted to play on the grass (he can’t read...