Heat Aid

The past couple of days, the weather has been rather boring, and I have been thinking back to early June where it was almost too hot to stand. I've been wishing the heat would return.

We spend a nice Saturday with coffee and chocolate from Home, a trip to the market,  building figures in the sand, and drinking watermelon slush and relaxing on the balcony.

It looks like my prayers have been answered and that summer is finally retuning this week.

Vienna

This weekend, we went to Vienna to visit Mellie. It is our first trip out of town postpartum that doesn't involve visiting relatives and it was quite a different city trip than any prior experiences. I haven't been to Vienna before and I am not sure I can really say that I saw the city, but the part we saw was rather nice.

We arrived late Friday afternoon and there wasn't really time for anything else than a stroll around the nearest park. Saturday we went to the local farmers market and did grocery shopping, drank coffee and had a really nice lunch at the local fish place. 

It was quite a cold and wet day so we just went for a short trip around the neighbourhood while Fleur did her afternoon nap. In the evening we had abendbrot with some of the delicious thing we got on the market, while Fleur was sleeping sound in the other room.

Saturdays

Our local Farmers Market has changed from a seasonal market to an all year long event. So every Saturday we go there to buy fresh veggies and once in a while other edibles. If is fits with Fleur's nap we usually go for a little walk as well. Like a couple of weeks ago when there were still some leaves on the trees, and it was damn cold and windy, we were happy that the nap didn't last too long, so we could cut the trip short.

Last weekend it started to snow just as we were at the Christmas market in the afternoon. It was almost a bit fairytale-like, but luckily it is still to warm for the snow to really settle. I hope we get on the opposite side of new years before any serious snow comes to town.

Spring Back and Forth.

The Germans say: Der April macht was er will, and April really does. So far we have had beautiful spring days, almost bordering summer where we could go out in t-shirt, and now it is wet and cold. Weather forecast says rain for the next 10 days, which is quite depressing. Even if everything is blooming and looking freshly green, spring is just more enjoyable when the sky is blue and the sun is shining.

We have manage to bring a little bit of spring inside, as someone butchered a tree in Hasenheide and I took some of the leftovers. So now we can follow the development at close range. I still hope that the forecast is wrong and that easter will be - if not warm - at least a bit sunny, so it will be nicer to take my daily walk with the pram.

I hope you will have some good easter days and enjoy the time off.