Vienna 2023, Week 2 - full of highlights

We thought last week was pretty good, dance camp and everything. But now we're doing things together, and we filled our time with highlight after highlight! We're truly spoiled for choice in terms of things to do here, you'd think six weeks is plenty of time but there's just so much on offer.

Swimming

It's hot, of course. We went swimming - to a pool this time, rather than the danube - and the kids loved the slide there. Up and down, up and down, more times than I could possibly count... they also got to make art there:

Natural History Museum

D(7) has a special relationship with the moving robot Allosaurus at the NHM. The first year we came, terror definitely outweighed the fascination; but both were present, and over the years, fascination has taken over. Every year he insists we come visit the moving dinosaur. The museum actually ran a special kids activity where they learned about the Earth's core and various habitats...

Rescue Services and Graffiti

All in one day, we visited an 'Open Rescues' day where we got to meet police, ambulance, fire service, Vienna City Transport (where we were able to pull the emergency stop thing that's in trains, and were shocked by the deafening siren!)... highlights included spraying a fire hose - N(8) sprayed D by accident and that thing has some pressure! He took it in good humour though, and certainly enjoyed a bit of cooling down.

Later the same day, we went to try our hand at graffiti (with stencils):

Family

One of our big highlights each year is seeing my cousin, who has a daughter roughly N's age. We went to a local museum that had a special kids' exhibit on the body, where they got to go in through the mouth, climb up on the tongue, slide down the esophagus and go through the entire digestive system to come out... well, the other end. They loved that.

Afterwards, there was a magic show and bubbles to enjoy.

Other bits and pieces

Playgrounds, friends... it's been a super full week.

With their new friend from church

N's world is full of friends

Random art...

Climbing tree

Circus skills

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