Christmas Time

We spent a wonderful Christmas together with Sabine's parents. Food, games, walks and talking filled our time together. No snow in Wien this year, the weather was unseasonably warm, unusual but the fresh and cool night air was welcome over a biting cold. This year we picked our best Christmas tree ever, and it took only 2 minutes (usually the whole family must decide, and it takes some back and forth until we all decide on the same tree). This year we all saw the same tree at once, and all immediately knew it was our perfect tree - full, green, symmetric.

Around Town

Pictures from around town. It snowed again. The kids played in the snow in front of the Kunsthistorische Museum. They 'skated' on a puddle of ice. Ani tried on my glasses. We found a walrus and a sun bear in the Naturhistorische Museum. I light my hand on fire. Isn't vacation nice?

Baroque Family

Tessa and Grandma were here for Christmas. We all had loads of fun. At the Belvedere we found some statues representing the different months of the year. So.... it was natural to pose before your birth month. In age descending order: Grandma tending the harvest, me praying (What??), Sabine loading her rifle (Jeez), Tessa having a merry time playing the flute, Anika loading her rifle (I'm scared now), and Pascal having a merry time with her month-mate Tessa.