Now what do I do?

After a wonderful week, full of laughs and adventures, the girls departed yesterday. Because Drew visited for nearly a week before they arrived, I forget what exactly I used to do before they were all here. It's sad. The girls have promised to guest blog on this site about their visit to Vienna and Prague when they get back. So stay tuned.

Here is a photo recap of the week

One day after work, we met on the Copa Cagrana for dinner... 

to make friends with swans

Floating down the Beautiful Blue Danube from Laura Joost on Vimeo.

 And to take a dolphin ride down the beautiful blue Danube

The next day we traveled on a WEASEL to Melk to visit the Benedictine Abbey. My grandparents had taken me there a decade ago on my first trip to Europe, so it was neat to revisit it. I remember being so impressed by the library and the view.

It was just as beautiful as I remembered.

One of my favorite things about living here are the caryatid figures who support walls. Some of them look so cranky.

The original plan was to return to Vienna via bicycle and boat... but the rain caused us to cancel the bicycling portion. We had a rainy ride back up the Danube river, passing miles and miles of vineyards and castle ruins.