Wiener Schnitzel at Figlmüller!  You must have schnitzel in Austria and this is a great place.  Look at these portions!
 

Demel Chocolate
Amazing hot chocolate with various cakes and chocolate to try!  You can even watch them making the chocolates.


Vienna's museums
We fell in love with the Natural History Museum, namely, the dinosaur hall.


Rathaus & Christmas Markets
Rathaus, the town hall, is a beautiful Gothic design.  Add the market at Christmas and you've got a great day out!


 Wiener Prater
Ride the most unique ferris wheel, the Riesenrad.  First constructed in 1897.


You can also find this swing that, until recently, held the title as the tallest, the Prater Turm.


Vienna Philharmonic
I had the treat of attending the Summer Night Concert.  Our friend was one of the trombone players.


Visit the world's oldest zoo Tiergarten Schonnbrunn.

Schonbrunn Palace & the Gloriette
This was absolutely my favorite place in Vienna!
Beautiful interior, amazing gardens, statues and fountains.

With the Gloriette on the hill above.

One of the things I love about having lived in several different countries is exposure to the local foods and learning to make it.

I've decide to feature a few foods from each place that we've lived in our expat journey.  Here goes!

Russia

Vereniki

Salad Olivye (Potato Salad)

This is my go to potato salad.  Packed full of all kinds of veggie goodness!

Borsch

Some might be turned off by the beets or the color of this soup, but let me tell you.  There are lots of other flavors going on in there.  It is delicious with that dollop of sour cream!

I've made salad olivye and borsch a few times, but I've never taken photos.  In my google search I came across Natasha's Kitchen.  I fell in love with her blog and she graciously allowed me to use her photos.  Check out some of her Russian/Ukrainian dishes as well as much more!

Czech Republic

Czcch Goulash with bread dumplings

A bit different from the Hungarian goulash, but still so very tasty!  And a fun touch to be served from a pot like the one above.

Trdelnik

My favorite street snack!  A pastry cooked over an open flame on a round pin called a trdlo and once finished, rolled in cinnamon and sugar and sometimes almonds.


Spain

You learned from last weeks post how much I love churros!  I also have to add to the list.....

Paella

I fell in love with paella while in Spain.  So much so I knew I needed to learn how to make it!  I blogged about it here.

Austria

Nürnberger Sausages

Now, before anyone tells me "wrong country" I do realize the Nürnberger is from Nürnberg, Germany.   I have never been a big sausage fan.  They've always smelled good to me, but I never found one I liked until I discovered the Nürnberger rostbratwurst.  These little gems are sold all over the place and it was while living in Austria that I fell in love with them, therefore, I am sticking them under Austria.  I am so glad there is a store close by here in England that sells these!

Good ole Austrian market fare, homemade chips and pumpkin spread.


You don't find much pumpkin that is sweetened in Austria.  It's savory in the way of spreads and soups.  And the homemade chips (or crisps) are amazing!  Fresh and crunchy!

England
Cream Tea (scone, clotted cream, jam & tea) and Afternoon Tea are my favorite favourite meal in England!


Sandwiches, scones and dessert!  Yes, please!

What are your best or worst travel food experiences?
Share in the comments or join us by linking up.

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Each week Bonnie, Melanie and I feature a post from the previous weeks link up.  This week I'm featuring Foreign Geek's post about extending her family in a foreign country.  I absolutely loved reading about her experience and have had the pleasure of similar encounters in our travels.  Go check out her post and see how she spent time with a friend's family while traveling.

Want to join in our Travel Tuesday link up?

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Spring has been birthday season among our friends.

We celebrated another double birthday party for some brother's this week at Wildpark Ernstbrunn.  It was more like a petting/feeding zoo.

Ernstbrunn is located 45 minutes north of Vienna.  We had a beautiful drive through the rolling countryside! 

Sweet sisters!!  Such a good picture of my girls!

Deer, wolves, pigs, even some mountain goats and bulls!

I've decided that American wolves (top right corner, below) are much prettier animals than European wolves (bottom left corner).

Karis was cracking me up trying to get up the nerve to feed this bull from her hand.

It's not that she was scared, it was that she did not like the idea of it slobbering all over her hand.

She went for it anyway!  And sure enough, that thing left a big ole handfull of slobber and dirt!  Ha!

Loved the birdhouses!

Lots of places for the kids to play and run around.

You know you have a good friend when she's willing to administer ointment to your child!  Thanks Kristi!

Time for eats!!

Kristi and I didn't wear appropriate foot attire.  I had no idea this place was hilly and so big.  At least I was in good sandal wearing company!!

Raindrops on the way home.

It was a lot of fun, despite the ending!  We had a great time celebrating with our friends!!

I was turned off by their whitish color.  Just looked kind of "eww!"

Right on the package, straight from Nürnberg.

If that doesn't appeal to you, how about a peanut butter cookie?!  I'll give you a whole one, not the half eaten one.  I promise!

Have a great weekend!!

We had some more friends living in Spain come to visit recently.  Zac, Leah & little Owen, who slept almost the entire time I was with them.  Ha!

I have to backtrack a little and tell you how we met.  We were in Carrfour (something a kin to Target) browsing the bedding department in Madrid.  They heard me speak English to the kids and we began talking.  You don't hear English much in Madrid, so when you do, it can be a nice thing to hear!  Plus, we had moved to Madrid within weeks of each other.

Anyway, we decided to meet for lunch, so I had to find the best Austrian food downtown.  My go to girl (Kristi) sent us to Figlmüller, which originally opened as a Wine Tavern and their own defined schnitzel.  Traditionally, schnitzel is pork pounded out thin, breaded and fried.  It's good!  I decided to get the chicken schnitzel, Zac got the pork schnitzel and Leah got the pork roast.  It was definitely the best schnitzel I've had in Vienna and Leah's roast was really good too!

 This place had so much character.  I loved it!

Leah & I with Figlmüller behind us.

If you find yourself in Vienna, give it a try!  I don't think it will disappoint!!

And it's always nice to spend time with friends!!