m_aduhene

hi all,
we are on holiday in vienna at the moment and have been here a week. we have been horse riding, swimming in the lake, been on the prater and had loads of fun. we are planning to go to the zoo and camping by a lake. BUT is there anything else we can squeeze in next week that is a must see. any ideas from native austrians on the list? or people who have visited/live in vienna? hope this message is ok to go through.
thanks in advance.
blessings
michelle

Sandra Dodd

-=-we are on holiday in vienna at the moment and have been here a
week. we have been horse riding, swimming in the lake, been on the
prater and had loads of fun. we are planning to go to the zoo and
camping by a lake. BUT is there anything else we can squeeze in next
week that is a must see. any ideas from native austrians on the list?
or people who have visited/live in vienna? hope this message is ok to
go through.-=-

This is not really appropriate, but I let it through because it was so
cheery and such a great picture of a special week for an unschooling
family.

And what a cool idea, to ask for help from other unschoolers for
things that would be good for such a family, in that place.

So go for it! If anyone has suggestions and we can help a family do
something cool, we all get to share in it just a little bit. :-)

Sandra

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Katrine Clip

We really loved the Karls kirche at Karls Platz.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Charles%27s_Church,_Vienna. It's been three
years and I don't know if this is still possible: There was an elevator we
could take up close to the ceiling of the church to see newly restored
almost 300 year old murals. Just a few yards from the old fresco, we got a
good view and beautiful pictures! If you have young children, there's a
small park right next to the church.

We also enjoyed the museum of Natural History.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturhistorisches_Museum. It's huge and may be
overwhelming for small children, our boys were most interested in the
pharaohs and dinosaurs!

-Katrine

On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 12:44 AM, m_aduhene <m_aduhene@...> wrote:

>
>
> hi all,
> we are on holiday in vienna at the moment and have been here a week. we
> have been horse riding, swimming in the lake, been on the prater and had
> loads of fun. we are planning to go to the zoo and camping by a lake. BUT is
> there anything else we can squeeze in next week that is a must see. any
> ideas from native austrians on the list? or people who have visited/live in
> vienna? hope this message is ok to go through.
> thanks in advance.
> blessings
> michelle
>
>
>


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My husband was scheduled to be in Vienna for a business trip a couple of years ago. I thought about going but it was in the winter and I decided not to go and save the money for a different trip. Turns out we will now be visiting New Zealand in September which is being referred to as winter by all the people in New Zealand I've spoken to. I like to call it early spring. It sounds so much better....... Anyway, I researched Vienna a little and I was thinking about taking the kids to see the Lippizzaner Horses http://www.lipizzaner.com/home.asp I don't remember the cost. There is a practice or warm up that can be attended, but I read that can be disappointing in that they don't do the jumps/dance. I don't know if they have a museum with video.
25 years ago I was in Salzburg and went on a salt mine tour. If you aren't already going to Salzburg, you might consider a day trip by train. I think my kids would love this, but we don't ever travel by train in the States so it's a different and fun thing to do. I remember the salt mine being fun. We rode on a small train into the mine and I remember going down long wooden slides once inside. We also dressed like miners. www.SalzburgTours.net I'm not sure now if this is the mine I went in, but it would give you a general idea of what it is. I think there could be a silver mine closer to Vienna.
I have horticulturist as parents so I always look for gardens and botanical centers when traveling. They usually have wide open spaces for kids to run. I think Vienna might have a castle or two with beautiful gardens.
Being a cello player, I had also thought about looking into classical music performances and opera. I would have needed a park performance that was kid friendly but decided not to go before searching very long for that type of thing. I think it would be great fun to see an opera that was done with kids in mind.
Meg




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