There is a really neat little museum in the Stephansplatz U-Bahn station. It is an underground church that was excavated during the construction of the U-Bahn. It was burned in a fire in the 1700s and buried, along with an old...
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This afternoon we took a little wander about the city to show Christiana some of our favorite sights. We started off at Karlsplatz. The kids love this church (and the neighboring playground!) After enjoying the view of the...
Marion calls Saturdays, “Daddy Days” because it is the one day we all go out together with Daddy. Sometimes we just wander about the city and discover new places. Sometimes we go to the Naschmarkt and get kebabs (most...
We are learning about composers in school right now and this week we have been learning about Mozart! He is my kids’ favorite composer and they have been waiting to learn about him, so this was a very exciting week at our...
There was an Italien Chocolate Festival this week in Vienna. Mostly, it was a few booths set up with delicious things to look at and buy, but who would want to miss out on that? Chris and I took Elora and Oliver to check it out...
Over the weekend James got really sick, so Chris stayed home from church while I took the other three. We headed out pretty early in the morning and it was snowing. The city was beautifully quiet and still so early, with...
There is an art exhibition in the Votivkirche cathedral in Vienna that shows replicas of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel paintings. I was really interested to see it, so I packed up the kids and we headed to the cathedral. To...
I love Sundays because of the random small moments of love that pop up now and then. Like Oliver holding Marion’s hand on the way to the bus stop. Snuggles and selfies on the bus! Marion and Daddy went home a different way...
We take public transit to church every Sunday. It takes 30 – 40 minutes depending on whether or not we make our connections. We go to church in the afternoon, so we tend to pack a lunch and leave early so we can have a...
All over Austria there is a big event called Lange Nacht der Kirchen where all the churches in the country hold concerts and other activities late into the night. As there is a cathedral on every other block in Vienna we took...