How to Vienna: Brno – Your Next Day Trip or Weekend Getaway
**Warning/Disclaimer/Vital Information for Sensitive Eyes** This post includes several pictures taken inside a crypt. If perfectly preserved 300-year-old mummified bodies are not your thing, stop reading after the bit about the Moravian Village Museum. Brno – Your Next Day Trip or Weekend Getaway Summer is my family’s busiest season. WeContinue Reading
What It Might Be Like for a Christian Battling Mental Illness
A recurring conversation I’ve had over the last several years is one you’ve likely heard whispered here and there among the masses, especially if you’re someone who grew up in or currently attends church. The phrasing is more or less the same and goes something like this: If *insert name ofContinue Reading
Ways My Son is Developing His Third Culture
It’s happening. I always knew the day would come when our American kids would begin to add Austrian culture into their identity, thus creating a “third culture”. Lucy’s a bit too young for this to be an obvious change, but it’s happening in Elliott and we see it in himContinue Reading
Why I’m Celebrating a Good Night’s Sleep
Last week was a big deal for my family and me: Will spoke to a church in Switzerland three days in a row and in German (!), my kids, well, more or less held it together, and I celebrated something I haven’t been able to do for three years: sleep wellContinue Reading
How a New Cafe is Changing Vienna’s 2nd District
When the streets are lined with smoky bars, closed businesses, and blacked out “cafes” named after someone named Susi or Pam, the hope for a trendy, charming, brightly lit establishment is low. Very low. I know this to be true based on my and Will’s two-year experience living in aContinue Reading