Two Weeks in Vienna

Thanks to the college and a research grant they gave Ian, we have been able to visit Vienna again for two weeks. We arrived the Sunday before last and will leave next Sunday. Ian has been spending time at the library doing some research, but he's had time to introduce Sophie to one of his favorite places in the world. I was here for two weeks last year with him, and can see why he loves it so much!

Sophie took her first-ever real train ride for this trip, and the first leg of the journey was on the famous TGV:

We've been really busy trying to take Sophie to places that we think she'll enjoy. She thinks that all churches here are castles, so we took her to a real castle, the Hofburg. Here are Sophie and I posing in front of the gates:


Funnily enough, they're having a King Tut exhibit there, and Sophie was mesmerized by the gigantic statue of Anubis outside. (Yes, that's her posing like him by his huge foot. Although she would pose next to him, she wasn't all that sure about touching him and only touched his foot after I did.)

Here we are posing next to different statues and doors within the palace grounds:



Ian took us to the site of some of the Roman ruins of Vienna. Sophie thought they were great, but kept calling the holes "elevators" for some reason. Somehow I don't think she got the idea about how old they were!

We've also visited the zoo, the Naschmarkt, and several parks, so we'll post pictures of those trips in the days to come!