Month: December 2017

Back in 2001 we spent Christmas Day at Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando. We lived right by Universal at the time and we had annual passes to Universal Studios. This was pre-Harry Potter and

We wanted to spend some time in the Alps in Austria so we headed to Schwendau, Austria. Schwendau is in Tyrol and people snow ski year round here! We had a little snow down in the valley while we were

James is a funny Poodle - any time we walk down stairs and start to speed up James wants to race us! It is really cute and James has been doing it here in Vienna in our building's common stairwell.

Years ago I remember seeing this photo: I told Chris I wanted to go ice skating on this rink in Vienna one day! Usually the Wiener Eistraum (The Vienna Ice Dream) doesn't open until January -

We walked through a few Christmas markets in Vienna and these two are our favorites: Karlskirche and Rathausplatz. The funny thing about Vienna and Christmastime - you only have to walk a few blocks

I saw the sign for the live construction of the Christmas balloons at the train station. It read, "Liveaufbau der Weihnachtswelt aus Luftballons." But I wasn't entirely sure what to expect! They are

Our friends Lindsay and Leslie from Washington, DC are in Vienna this week. Ingo and Ina are friends with them, too, so we were all invited to Ingo and Ina's house for another spectacular dinner! We

We really were "up in the clouds" in our apartment in Weyregg am Attersee, Austria! It was really neat to watch the clouds roll in and soon we couldn't see much at all. Then after a while they would

We took a day trip to Salzburg, Austria. We walked around the shops and streets for a few hours and we didn't take that many photos. It was fun to see the old town area and to walk across the Salzach

When we went out to the Salzkammergut and Tyrol regions of Austria we noticed a LOT of baby announcements. It was really cute - they usually included a wooden stork of some kind, the baby's name, items

I've seen so many pictures of Hallstatt, Austria and I knew I wanted to visit it. It was only about an hour drive from our place in Weyregg am Attersee, Austria. The trick was - our place was up in the

15 years ago, on December 14, 2002, we were married! I never thought we would move away from Orlando. And then we moved to Washington, DC. I didn't think Washington, DC was our permanent home

It is fun learning about all of the different holidays in Austria. We started noticing a lot of restaurants with special menus posted on the door with a goose on the menu. Our German is not that great

Why are there no planes flying over us in Weyregg am Attersee, Austria? This is REALLY odd. On of my most-used iPhone apps is Plane Finder. I love looking at what planes are above me and the app

I know I posted back in August about my new Canon point and shoot camera. But I didn't really go into detail about why I love this little point and shoot camera. A little history: I used to be

Here is a tour of our Airbnb in Weyregg am Attersee, Austria. If you haven't used Airbnb before then you need to check it out! This was our first time renting through Airbnb and it was such an

Chris and I talked about a little getaway from Vienna. We knew we wanted to see the mountains near Salzburg and Innsbruck. Should we take a train? Or rent a car and wander? Should we stay in town with

We walked a lot in Washington, DC. But we were only on the 1st floor (well, technically we were up a half flight of stairs from the street level) so we didn't get lots of stairs in our daily activity. Here

Here in Vienna, everyone calls James a Königspudel. That translates to King Poodle or even Royal Poodle. In the states, James was a Standard Poodle. People turn their heads funny here when you say

We wanted to show you a little bit of our neighborhood in the 4th District of Vienna, Austria. It is a short walk (about 20 minutes) down to the 1st District. The 1st District is the historical center

Not long ago, we wrote about our adventures in Austrian dog food. Well, today we are going to talk about Austrian dog treats! There are no mass produced flour-full dog treats in Austria. All of the