Vienna

November is not a pleasant month here in Sterzing. It's the month of nothing. To cold to go for walks, not cold enough to ski. What better time to go visiting? Particularly as we hadn't seen the Domengels since last January and the girls were missing one another. 

It was a wonderful, relaxing and easy time for us adults. The kids played and played, turning up every now and then for food, or the magical parental boo-boo healing. Face painting and dress up was taken to new standards, the 2 littler ones painting each other's faces - alas not caught on camera. They both resembled Violet Beauregard, complete with blue earrings.

 

We managed to chase them out of the house every now and then, down to the Danube:

 

To the Lilarum puppet theatre to see the little bird Tikidu who I'm amused to find can become your Facebook friend (should you wish to here she is) Norah was fascinated, sitting on the edge of her seat, mouth agape; and to the natural history museum. Surprisingly this was more successful than previous trips to the zoo. Although the animals were stuffed, they could get much closer to them.

Michi's a wonderful story teller

The Venus of Willendorf

the Kunsthistorisches Museum from the window

more stories

my husband's long lost twin

scary dinosaurs

more scary dinosaurs

Never one to miss up on a dancing opportunity

We had them all sleeping in an alpine hut style matratzenlager resulting in a lot of giggles and painfully early breakfasts in bed being produced for our obliging hosts.

story time

some sleeping was done in the end

Thank you all, and see you very soon!