Getting Ready for another vacation

We are counting down the days to our next big trip.  This summer we will be returning to Europe - but with Seff this time.  The kids and I had so much fun last summer that we decided to go back.  We will be going to Austria again and Czech Republic as well.  One additional place will be a brief trip to Strasbourg, France to visit two very special souls.

 

Once we have finished everything we need to do in Europe, we will head to Atlanta for a few weeks, followed by a bried trip to New England to visit old friends.  We will finish off the vacation at Green Acre for a week and then back to Dubai to start another year - our 7th!!!

Been a long time...

I have not posted anything since we came back from Europe last summer. Sorry about that...
The other day I was reading my dear friend Colin's blog and he said he hoped that I would update with some pictures from Dubai. I am definitely going to do that with some pics of the family, but in the meantime here are some pictures that someone sent me from a recent fireworks display in the city. Enjoy...

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Square in Ceske Budejovice

Eternal Ice Caves, World´s Oldest Salt Mine, and Hallstadt

This is how the salt miners slid down from shaft to shaft.

This pic was taken from the cable car heading up to the salt mine at Hallstadt.

View inside the settlement.

This is one of the oldest settlements in Europe. It dates back 4500 years. I think it is called Hallstadt.

Castle for sale - 2.9 million euro.

Heading across the lake.

Austria has very good water.

The three of us...

Another flower for Seff.

Flower for Seff.

Typical Austrian house.

We walked through a village with a beautiful stream.

After leaving the ice caves we missed the bus and had to walk down the mountain...

Inside the ice cave. It is very cold inside - below freezing of course.

Just exited the ice cave.

Just about to walk up to the eternal ice caves.

In Marabella Gardens

Gazebo used in Sound of Music for song - 16 going on 17

Inside Salzburg Castle

More Salzburg pics

Medieval Puppets

21st Century Puppet

At Salzburg Castle

Von Trapp Familz home in the center of picture surrounded by trees

More Salzburg pics

This is Senai with a work of art called Upside Down Helicopter in a Public Place.

Why didn´t I think of that???

The kids with Mozart himself!!!

The church where Maria got married...

A fountain

Mozart´s birth home

The opera house where the Von Trapp family performed

View of the Salzburg castle from the river

Salzburg

Today we visited Salzburg (Austria). This is the birthplace of Mozart and where
The Sound of Music took place. This first pic is from the Marabella Gardens looking up to the Salzburg Castle.

The view from on high...

Staring off into the Alps...