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Visiting Schönbrunn Zoo + Palace in Vienna with Kids

Full disclosure: I’m writing about a place I haven’t actually visited. John and the kids went on an adventure last Sunday… while I stayed back at our Viennese apartment and enjoyed my first few…

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  • Euro Adventure, Travel, Vienna
  • Mar, 31, 2026
  • 8 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: Germany/Vienna Edition

I haven’t done a Top Five/Bottom Five post in a while and I thought I might as well break the drought with something relevant to my current state of mind.

We’ve officially spent three weeks…

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  • Top Five/Bottom Five, Euro Adventure, Munich, Travel, Vienna
  • Mar, 30, 2026
  • 32 Comments

Bratislava (Slovakia) Day Trip from Vienna: Best Things to Do in One Day

In an effort to not get too behind in recaps, I’m posting twice in one day!

One of our goals while living in Europe is to capitalize on just how easy it is to move…

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  • Travel, Euro Adventure, Slovakia, Vienna
  • Mar, 29, 2026
  • 16 Comments

Random Little Updates (AKA: Potpourri)

I rarely start a post, write conversationally, and immediately post it. I tend to draft, step away, come back to edit, and then schedule it for some specific future time. (That probably tells you…

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  • Travel, Euro Adventure, Personality Insights, Random
  • Mar, 29, 2026
  • 51 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 27 March

It’s a cold, snowy (!), rainy weekend here in Vienna. To be fair, this is our first truly miserable weather since arriving in Europe and I feel like we’ve mostly dodged a springtime bullet.

Honestly,…

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  • Happy Things Friday, Euro Adventure, Vienna
  • Mar, 27, 2026
  • 22 Comments

Vienna Travel Diary: Family Adventures & Hidden Gems During Our First Week

I already wrote about our adventures the first weekend in Vienna, so now it’s time to get into the days that followed.

Despite both kids getting clobbered with a horrible stomach bug (which, miraculously, both…

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  • Travel, Euro Adventure, Vienna
  • Mar, 26, 2026
  • 12 Comments

Europe on a Budget: Dispatch #1 — What’s Saving Us Money

I’m overdue for a post about frugality. (You can take the family out of Canada, but you can’t take our frugal nature away!)

Some of these are repeats, but I’m just getting everything down stream-of-consciousness…

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  • Food, Euro Adventure, Frugality, Money, Travel
  • Mar, 25, 2026
  • 22 Comments
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