Recently we've been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to see a bit more of Austria. Thanks to friends and family (and their cars!) we've experienced a weekend stay at a castle and also seen what types of houses and homesteads 18-19th century Austrians lived in. Here are some pictures to give you an idea of what we saw!
First off is our trip to the Castle of Fintergrün (literally 'dark' or 'gloomy' green). Richi and Sabine met us part way and then took us through the winding roads of Styria just over the boarder into the province of Salzburg. After checking in, we checked out the castle with all its fasinating nooks and crannies. Then we took a walk in the forest where we learned about the long and somewhat rich history of silver mining in the immediate area. Here are some pictures:
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
The last snow
A couple of weeks a go, already, we where invited by Anne to have a weekend right in the middle of the upperaustrian mountains - at a tini tiny town called Hinterstoder.
We drove there by car and got caught in a snowblizzard - yes - you read right - snow in April! It made us all a tiny bit insecure, there was so much snow coming down that we almost couldn't see the street anymore. Not a lot stayed on the ground, but it was enough to cover all the green white, as you will see in the pictures.
It was such a great time! We started on a Easter Friday, it was dark when we arrived and when we woke up it looked like this
So pretty. We stayed inside for a while. Duty of the first person waking up was to make fire in the huge Kaminofen (tiled woodstove) . It takes an hour until it warms up.
The weekend went really fast, but we enjoyed a lot of time with god together, reading books, talking and singing together. And we also took walks - Anne, Sandra, Rebecca and Thomas, there:
Yep, amazing view. The snow was gone by the next day. Only spots here and there and of course on top of the mountains :)
We went for a walk twice. The second time we went to this really nice lake.
Hmmm, once there we could really enjoy the power of the spring sun.
Next day was EASTER - Happy birthday Jesus! We sang a couple of birthday songs and had a great sunday morning breakfast in the garden - And
an EASTER EGG HUNT - so much fun!
Well, it was such a great weekend (did I say that already) and it was over really fast! I am looking forward to our next time :) For those who want to see more pictures, go for it:
We drove there by car and got caught in a snowblizzard - yes - you read right - snow in April! It made us all a tiny bit insecure, there was so much snow coming down that we almost couldn't see the street anymore. Not a lot stayed on the ground, but it was enough to cover all the green white, as you will see in the pictures.
It was such a great time! We started on a Easter Friday, it was dark when we arrived and when we woke up it looked like this
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So pretty. We stayed inside for a while. Duty of the first person waking up was to make fire in the huge Kaminofen (tiled woodstove) . It takes an hour until it warms up.
The weekend went really fast, but we enjoyed a lot of time with god together, reading books, talking and singing together. And we also took walks - Anne, Sandra, Rebecca and Thomas, there:
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Yep, amazing view. The snow was gone by the next day. Only spots here and there and of course on top of the mountains :)
We went for a walk twice. The second time we went to this really nice lake.
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Hmmm, once there we could really enjoy the power of the spring sun.
Next day was EASTER - Happy birthday Jesus! We sang a couple of birthday songs and had a great sunday morning breakfast in the garden - And
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an EASTER EGG HUNT - so much fun!
Well, it was such a great weekend (did I say that already) and it was over really fast! I am looking forward to our next time :) For those who want to see more pictures, go for it:
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| Urlaub in Hinterstoder |
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Arriving in the states
And here we go, our first blog after we arrived in the States. For now, we will just quickly post this little slideshow from how we arrived in Vienna at mum Zillinger's home, then a little bit from our arrival in New York and meeting up with Rebecca Honts. Finally our flight and arrival in Kansas City, having real food with Dad and meeting up with Emily + kids.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Thanksgiving!
Despite the fact that Austria doesn't officially recognize American Thanksgiving Day, and all of us had to work and pretend that November's 4th Thursday was just like any other day, a network of highly skilled North Americans (and even a few Austrians) were hard at work planning and preparing for a celebration. This celebration has been condensed into the following short-film. (this is a premier and the first of its kind produced by Zilli & Zilli movie productions...a VERY novice undertaking).
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| From My Videos |
Monday, October 5, 2009
Rome
Right after the English camp Rebecca and I took a trip to Rome for the weekend. Two of my friends from college were traveling through Europe and we got to meet up for the end of their trip. We stayed at this great B&B just within walking distance of the Colosseum and had a fabulous time seeing sights, eating food, eating ice cream, drinking coffee, drinking wine & of course running into the Trevi Fountain just about 10 times every day. Here are some pitures of our great weekend:
September School
This September Rebecca Honts and I co-taught an English camp. It was in this small little town outside of Graz. We both had a great experience -- finally after all this time -- getting to teach together. Here are some pictures of that week:
Sunday, September 13, 2009
time travel
Any time travel fans out there? Well, we've got a great travel tip for you...the town of Friesach, Austria.
This tiny town has some of the most intact and impressive sections of city walls left over from the 1200s. Not only that, but they've also started a project to build a fortress just like they did in the 1200s - meaning, they're only using tools and techniques from that time. We got to witness this and have some pictures documenting what we saw. (there's a similar but larger scale project underway in France, too: http://www.guedelon.fr/).
Freisach is super cute and we stayed in a nice "Gasthof" just off the main square. They people we talked with were quite friendly and surprisingly jolly/funny. Here are some pictures of our time travels!
This tiny town has some of the most intact and impressive sections of city walls left over from the 1200s. Not only that, but they've also started a project to build a fortress just like they did in the 1200s - meaning, they're only using tools and techniques from that time. We got to witness this and have some pictures documenting what we saw. (there's a similar but larger scale project underway in France, too: http://www.guedelon.fr/).
Freisach is super cute and we stayed in a nice "Gasthof" just off the main square. They people we talked with were quite friendly and surprisingly jolly/funny. Here are some pictures of our time travels!
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