Today began, as so many of our days have, with a rockin' breakfast of fresh semmels, jams, meat/cheese, tomatoes, berg-milch, coffee, and nutella. I simply love waking up, because it means that I get breakfast!
Our trips always begin at Hernals.
After that, we headed to town to see what we could find - mission was the clock museum, but we managed to find a few other things as well. One cool thing was a Swedish Design store that contained what felt like the sum total of home decorating temptations between Amy and I. Super nice people, were glad to hear we were from Minnesota :)
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| BFFs! |
We also found a juice bar! They all got pink ones, and I got a super-duper-green one. Mine was the best (it had spinach, apples, carrots, and a little ginger, IIRC). Also got to play a bit of Phase 10...
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| Spinach juice - GET IN ME BELLY |
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| Probably 3% of our steps for the day. |
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| Ahh, love is in the air (he's gonna be feelin' that!) |
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| Just thought this looked cool. |
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| Ella found her store! |
We also stumbled upon a Holocaust Memorial - one thing we've noticed in Germany and Austria is a HUGE amount of support for Israel. Probably not as much as in the U.S., but I've been pretty surprised that it's mainly a one-sided vibe w.r.t. the status of Palestine.
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| Memorial for the Holocaust |
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| Right outside the cool church, near the clock museum, and near the excellent Thai place Ella and Amy ate at after Maya and I split from them. |
I'm so glad we found time to visit the clock museum! Of course, this entire episode spawned much in the way of cringe-worthy puns re: time, but making our kids cringe is one of my Favorite Things, so it was a win-win! Or maybe a win-lose? I dunno - all I know is I won!
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| A sundial - surprisingly useful and simple. Thought the fact that it's a pocket sundial was pretty awesome - almost Flintstonian. |
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| NOT a pocket sundial... I'm pretty sure you can tell *anything* from where these hands are. |
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| Need more information? Just add more dials! |
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| A flock of pocketwatches. |
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| NEED MOAR DIUHLLZ |
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| Again, I'm sure it served a purpose, but having a clock with this much handwriting on it seems a bit imprecise. But there sure are a lot of numbers... |
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| One of Amy's faves - we both think it looks a bit like something Dr. Seuss would come up with. |
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| The amount of gearing is incredible in these things - giant Rube Goldberg machines, I tell ya. |
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| A Masonic watch - notice the large number of symbols on it. |
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| Maya likes the low doorway - Ella notsomuch. |
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| Someone got straight-A's in penmanship... |
After the clock museum, Amy and Ella grabbed lunch and then went shopping, while Maya and I went home to swim (and I got to work a bit).
Another great day in Vienna!
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| My sweet Maya, on our way home. |
p.s.--> Amy and I will find a "love bridge" to lock this to - maybe Madrid?
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| ... sitting in a tree... |
You crack me up, Rick: "Ahh, love is in the air (he's gonna be feelin' that!)"
ReplyDeletePete
Ha! Thanks Pete!
DeleteWhat a wonderful clock museum! Thanks for the photos (and the commentary.)
ReplyDeleteI've been vicariously getting Austria in my bones from your travelogue.
I think I will be in shock when the scenery turns into Spain.
Which will be when, exactly?
Looks to me like you're still having way too much fun.
--Jenny
Way too much fun is something we should all have!
DeleteGlad you're enjoying the trip with us :)
Tomorrow we leave St. Johann im Tirol (which is a totally kickass mountain village) and arrive at St. Anton am Arlberg (another kickass mountain village).
There will be a pro-am bike race there with open registration, maybe I'll register and teach these guys how to climb a hill or two.
After that, we arrive in Madrid on 8/6, leaving for home (and the real world - gasp!) on 8/14.