Oktoberfest

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...

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Salzburg – Day 1

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...

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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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Cookie Time!

I started tutoring some students at the American International School,and Chris has been great about spending time with the kids so they don’t always have to go with me. One day he decided to make cookies, and documented...

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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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Elora says…

“The dinosaurs got sick and died because they ran out of food and water…But we have a sink with lots of cups of water so we can help them to feel healthy again.”————-Then we were at a...

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Vienna Walking Tour with Nana

Vienna is such a wonderful city to walk around in we decided to spend the day walking with the kids and Nana. Here we are at one of Ollie’s favorite fountains. He likes the statues and running water. The merpeople statues...

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Schoenbrunn Labyrinth

The Labyrinth at the Vienna Schoenbrunn palace is a kids park with a small entry fee. Inside is a cool kids playground as well as several mazes. We had never been before so we decided to go with the kids and Nana. It was...

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