Vienna

We took a few days out of the fall school break last week to drive to Vienna. At a mere 678 km, this was a pretty ambitious drive for such a short visit. Fortunately, we were blessed with good travel kharma and not too many construction delays. (German road crews are hired year-round so they're always digging up something.)

We were also blessed with a great audio book to break up the drive. It turns out that Brendan Fraser is even better reading than he is running around killing mummies (who knew?).

Warning: Side effects in children under 10 include fascination with brownie spit and dragon fire and a propensity for speaking in bad Scottish accents.

First stop in Vienna was the Schloss. This is Andy's favorite palace in Europe, thus far. The landscaping was uniform and precise. Everything was clearly designed by people who understand that all furniture should be placed directly adjacent and perpendicular to the nearest wall. I felt soothed and at peace amidst it's perpendicularness.

Also on this tour was a visit to the zoo and our very cool friends the Hunters.

We drove back on Saturday just in time to go trick-or-treating in Little America on the base. Costumes were whatever we could find. All credit goes to Piper for putting together 3 decent costumes in less than 30 minutes.

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Piper and I have been napping this afternoon. I have been trying to ignore the sounds of children sneaking candy out of their bags in the living room.