Will Dig Life

Here's a final photo dump of our last few days in Vienna - we tried to make the most of it, though we were all really looking forward to going home again! As every year, after six weeks we all can't wait to be home again and resume regular life... reconnect with our dog, friends, neighbours... and just generally dive in to the next 'school year'. But, here's what we did towards the end of our time in Vienna! Weather wasn't the best, but we figured the time's nearly up so we better fit the obligatory zoo visit in while we could.  The next day we went to the hot spring spa - no pictures of N(10) as she was mainly on the slide or doing her own thing! On our last day we enjoyed a morning at the butterfly house... coming to the conclusion that the one in Benalmadena (Spain) is bigger and better! That afternoon, sister took them bowling while Mr. and I cleaned up the flat and packed our belongings after six great weeks... And finally, we went to Church and had ano...

This is probably not my final post about Vienna, as we've got three days to go that are packed with activities and likely to yield lots of photos, but it's been a while since our last update so it's worth posting again. So Mr. arrived in Vienna, actually having caught his connection in Amsterdam - only just, he had to sprint as the connecting flight was showing as 'closed' when he arrived! We're definitely not doing that again, Heathrow it is from now on. Or trains, if I can afford them. Anyway, we were glad to have Mr. with us at last, and got busy doing lots of stuff with him! Starting with lunch with my mum's best friend, Hermi - here's a picture of all of us together, and then a photo of her with my mum: doing what they both loved best, playing the accordion. Hermi still plays, and even has her own Youtube channel! Mr. set about having a great holiday and doing some relaxing. Because the kids were at the monastery camp during the week Mr. arrived, we...