Birthday Visit to Lower Austria

The third weekend in April we took a trip to visit family in Lower Austria. Richi, Thomas' brother, was having his birthday. Even though the forecast called for rain the ENTIRE weekend, we didn't end up seeing even a drop! We arrived Friday evening and stayed til Sunday afternoon. We had a wonderful time with Richi and Sabine. Richi and Thomas' mom joined us on Saturday, and it was good to see her again, too. We had lots of great food, conversations and got to relax a lots outside in the yard. Saturday we went on an outing to a local castle (or the ruins thereof) and also to a wine tavern. It was so refreshing to travel a bit and see another part of Austria I don't know so well yet. We hope you enjoy the pictures from our trip!

April Besuch

Easter is here and so is Spring

This year for Easter we marched up Mt. Schlossberg with our teenager group for our very own sunrise service! It was super cold (note the blankets) but our brave guitarists (Josh and Anne) prevailed (despite one guitar string fatality). There we read the Easter story in Matthew and after singing our hearts out we headed back to our church where an amazing breakfast spread was waiting for us.

At the end of our fancy slideshow, you will see two pictures of food. What Zillinger Photoalbum would be complete without that? But a little info for those who don't yet know...the bread is called "Osterpinze" and is made only at Easter time here in Austria. It's AMAZINGLY good and a necessity for the culinary aspect of celebrating Easter. It's customary to butter a slice of Osterpinze and eat it with ham and horseradish.