Vienna, day 21: me-time and family

What a fantastic day. We're all totally shattered!

My sister A had got me a special offer at the Bikram Yoga place she goes to. I've never done Bikram before (the difference is that it's done in a REALLY hot room). So while A looked after the kids and took them to the playground, I had a solid 90 minutes of... well not relaxation as such, because it was hard and sweaty, but time to focus on myself without the kids in tow was amazing.

It was a small, really personal and friendly studio which I loved, but in all honesty I don't think the heat aspect is for me! The sweat was unreal... and afterwards there were 4 showers in the ladies changing rooms, all together in one wetroom, without any barriers or curtains. Just 4 showers in a room. Typical Austrian thing, nobody thinks twice about it, but I think I've been in the UK too long to feel completely comfortable with that!

Meanwhile the kids enjoyed the park and particularly the mud...

Coming out from yoga we just had lunch and drove to my cousin S's place, about an hour. Enough time for the kids to nap in the car.

S is my youngest cousin and she has a 14-year-old daughter (who we just saw briefly on her way out to the cinema) as well as a 4.5 year old daughter, who was around to play. And play they did! From legos to cars to playing with the beach ball globe I gave the little girl, they ran around until they literally couldn't run any more. And somehow, in between being hit with the ball and fielding calls of "mama!" and various squeals and shouts, we managed to catch up a bit. Which was wonderful.

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