Discovering Parks

To keep Sophie busy and active during the day, we've started taking her to parks. We did this before when we lived in Danville, but not as consistently since we had a yard for her to play in. European parks, I find, are pretty similar--they consist of at least two levels of play, one area for little kids and one for older kids and they almost always have some sort of sandbox. Every kid in the park has their own pail and shovel, if not other tools. We bought a set for Sophie in Strasbourg (which was really meant for bathtub play), and I remember wondering what beach was near enough for them to have so many sand toys. We left her pail in Strasbourg, and quickly realized that she'd need one here in Vienna. There's a lovely little park just a block from our apartment, and Sophie can spend hours in the sandbox. Here are some pictures of Sophie playing at this park (which is located directly under an anti-aircraft tower that has been converted into an aquarium...weird).


Sophie decided that she'd be like the big girls and just sit in a little tunnel:

And here is Sophie's beloved sandbox: