Vienna, week 6: the final week

Our final week - we saved many of the highlights for last! Having said that, we feel really ready to return. I'm busy planning what our home routine will look like, what activities we'll be doing and all that; Vienna has been a wonderful summer again, emotional in many ways (losing the house sale first thing, then losing Fred was of course much worse) and hot, hot, hot.

Heat was largely the theme of this week as well. We spent a lot of time in and near the water! Jumping in is their new favourite thing...

Utter exhaustion afterwards!

Speaking of emotional, we also went to the little suburb I grew up in and visited my parents' and aunt's graves, and had lunch with my uncle (mother's brother). I don't have photos of it but we also met up several times with my aunt (father's side) and I had long, enlightening conversations with her that I'm hoping to turn into their own blog post. My perpectives on the past have shifted.

At my aunt's grave. Didn't get one at my parents' this year.

The place where we had lunch also had goats to meet!

Lunch with my uncle, Helmut

For a change from water activities, we also went to museums - Natural History Museum was a must since D(6) couldn't wait to see the robotic dinosaur again that frightened him so badly last year. Turns out they very much toned it down, it was much quieter and moved more slowly than before: I reckon other parents of frightened children complained, which is a bit of a shame! D was disappointed.

The tame(r) dinosaur

Virtual dressing up: N(7) as a mediaeval lady

D as a mediaeval man

Fun at the Natural History Museum

First time in a hot air balloon basket - at the Technical Museum

Learning how organs work - Technical Museum

Chocolate with meal worms - both kids were brave enough to try!

Finally - our last, 6th, Sunday at the Church we went to here. At last I took a picture of the Our Father melody that's sung every Sunday: this very melody that my mother taught me, but I couldn't remember the ending. Now I finally have it, this song will become part of our daily routine - waking up with this prayer.

Me and my little loves

Tomorrow we leave our flat at 6.30am, and we'll get home around 8pm. Goodbye Vienna, we've had a very full summer here!

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