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...
Tag - Vienna
We were helping out at the church for our annual Spring cleaning day,when a man and woman walked up the street toward me and said, “Hello Karen!” At which point I reverted back to my usual habit when surprised –...
The good thing about living in a country where stores are closed on Sunday is the big chains have to get rid of all their fresh food before the weekend. We discovered that Hofer (the discount/volume food store) puts all their...
This is Chris. You could probably tell from the content of the post, but Mom wanted to know who is who. Hi Mom! Although most people probably think we’re just going on vacation and eating Kebabs every day I’m actually...
Stadtpark is a nice large city park in the center of Vienna. The weather was nice outside and decided to take the kids for a trip to a new park one day.The flowers were very pretty. Elora was dying to pick them, but luckily she...
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...
When we got home from Budapest, the weather in Vienna was beautiful (finally!!!) so we set off to the zoo with Elora’s friend Charlie and his big sister Mia.When the younger kids saw Mia climb to the top of the Panda bear...
Happy Easter! The Schonbrunn Palace gardens are alive with beautiful blossoming trees. So we took the kids out for some pictures. More photos later, but here is a taste. Now it’s on to Ostern!Vienna comes alive at Christmas...
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...