Ohhhhh we had fun...

Time: 23:04pm

Venua: Vienna

Weather: Sunny and cooling

Mood: Tired - been out and abt the whole day today by foot- I think we walked like 5km today.. phewwww

Peak Agenda: Factory Outlet and Vienna Prater - All the photos were taken on Friday.. we spent like a good 5hrs at the factory outlet... it was so cold and windy in the morning but by lunch we no longer had to use any pullover or jackets... Hb later took us to the Prater - which i later found out its actually an amusement park hehehe (hb said this place used to be a hunting ground ... hmmmm interesting)

Infor: The Vienna Prater is a large park in the 2nd District. Its actually an amusement park since 1766 (the Viennese sure know how to have fun!). In 1873 it was the site of the world expo and like any amusement park it has many rides and also Horror Houses, Carousels and Mirror Cabinets. The main icon of the Prater is the 64.75m high ferris wheel built in 1897.... It was built to commemorate Kaiser Franz Joseph's Golden Jubilee (Errr dear... what will I get for our Golden Jubilee hahaha).

Oh by the way.. Originally the Ferris Wheel had 30 gondolas but it was used as target practice by the allied air forces - so it now only has 15 gondolas left.

Anyway so much abt the history and infor.. we had lots of fun and went on an old Slide as well which Sonia loved... she kept on saying.. "I likeeeeee" after we walked out of the Prater... enjoy the photos peeps cos tmrw there will more photos of today!

Mac Arthur Glen Factory Outlet - Parndorf

Munching on Fish and Chips

Sonia was scolded by papa for playing with Tartare sauce and look at the way she walks with her head down... haha

The Wiener Prater and its famous Ferris Wheel (originally it had double the amount of Gondolas - so now there is a wide gap between each gondola)

Let's play some games!

Lots of different rides for young and old

Another Ferris Wheel at the Prater (but newer)

Sonia taking her first ride by herself - and LOVING IT!

The old Slide (riding down on guni sacks)...

Sonia went down TWICE! She wanted it!

Well ok... I am gonna go to bed now... cheers!

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Ohhhhh what a wonderful day...

Time: 08.10am

Venue: Vienna

Mood: sehr gut

Weather: Its drizzling heavily right now but thats ok...

Peak Agenda: Sonia got to meet the rest of the family - we had great fun yesterday... the weather was on our side... hb gets the last laugh when it was sunny and the sky was blue ... Sonia was like... whattttt??? wheres the roof top of this car and the wind... woooo!! heheh... Hb's aunt and uncle adore Sonia and they took us to their stable and we were surprised that Sonia wasnt afraid at all to sit on their horse considering she has never sat on a big animal bef.. good girl! She was playing all day and slept thru the whole night...

Heheheh look at that cheeky smile...

Oh mannnnn... my hair!!!

Hb with Hermann... his uncle...

Bibik Silvia and Sonia playing...

Sonia and Great Uncle Herrmann

In the garden...

Driving to the horses...

Horse country (Steiermark = Styria)

Vroni (the horse)

As usual there is a playground and Sonia found a new toy!

Sonia riding proudly on Vroni...

Sonia and Great Aunt Christl...

Sonia n her 2nd cousin.. Christian...

Playing with Bibik Silvia

Riding on the John Deere Toy... Little Ms Farmer..

Mama... shaaawers (flowers) ... she spent a good 15 mins plucking flowers for me.. awwww... ty dear!

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A story to tell...

Time: 05:34am

Venue: Vienna

Mood: Good... no more jet leg.. we recovered pretty fast...

Weather: Looks promising... no rain this morning.. thank goodness cos hb has rented a BMW convertible kah kah kah... I hv been making fun of him since like day one when he told me that he had rented that car... duhhhh its been raining here non stop dear hahahahha

Peak Agenda: Ohhhhh I sure hv a story to tell when I get to S'pore... I think some of the oldies here (in Austria) need to learn how not to be too blunt? Dont get me wrong yah.. I know lots of Viennese that are kind and soft spoken but I guess its just our luck to run into this b**** hahahha.. oh well.. I will definitely not recommend anyone to go to this cafe.... yesterday after we did our typical tourist shopping , we went to this cafe with Anna and her son, Christoph and after ordering coffee/cakes we realized that its actually a place where all the oldies wud hang out... it started with Sonia climbing onto their seats so that she can sit in between me and hb.. and immediately one of the ladies (they are in their 50s) behind the counter told us not to let Sonia stand on it cos her shoe might dirty their couch... and of cos hb being an Austrian he told the lady not to worry and that she shud be more concerned of ppl that burn their couch with cigarette butts!.. soooo while we were having our coffee and having our conversation ... we gave Sonia her iTouch so that she can watch her mickey mouse and barney (she was getting a little restless) and just as Sonia was watching barney.. out came another woman behind the counter and told us that its too noisy.. errr first of it wasnt noisy at all... hb told her that hes "grateful" for her comments and she got pissed off... kept on pacing up and down and began to grumble (in german yah) that we shud talk to our child instead and not let her play with iTouch... that Sonia shud be reading books instead... that she "can comment as much as she wants"... blah blah blah to which hubby then said that "she can comment what she wants and he will pay her as much as he wants" lol... gessshhhhh u work in a customer oriented line and u can talk rudely to ur customer?? if she were working in Sg she'd get a complaint and in return wud get a thing or two fm her supervisor lol... anyway long story short.. we ignored her and ended our day with lots of shopping.... oh oh we got to meet Sascha (Sil best buddy) when he came over for dinner... I had cooked Rendang (tks to Brahim hehhe) and Lodeh (so so easy to get stuff fm the market) and they loved it.. especially bibik Silvia,,, hehhhee!!

Olive Oil anyone?? At the Naschmarkt.

Cheese.... yummiessssssss

Whatever you want... u can get it here... halal meat.. all sorts of vege.. all sorts of fruits.. u can even get durian in this market hehehe

Lunch in some Lebanese restaurant with the Seibels..

The super unfriendly child cafe... they shud put up a sign outside that says "No child allowed.. this is an old folks home cafe" grrrrrrrrrr

Bef Sonia's iTouch was "confiscated"

Shopping district... Mariahilfer Strasse ... H&M everywhere... I loikeeeeeeeeeee!!

My Brahim rendang sauce has never tasted better here in Vienna (so far away fm home) kah kah kah

Well ok... hv a good day peeps.. we are off to Graz in 2hrs time with our super duper BMW (rain rain go away muahahahha) .. I hope I can take a lot more photos today if the weather permits... its a 2hrs drive fm Vienna...we're gonna go and visit hb's aunt.. (macam hari raya visiting bila balik kampung hahaha)

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Vienna, Austria

Time: 19:41pm

Venue: Vienna, Austria.

Mood: Tired.. jet-lagged.. trying my best to stay awake... arghhh its almost 2am in sg... Sonia is asleep and lets just hope that shes not gonna get up at 3am (9am sg) and starts making all sorts of noises... I COULD sleep now... yes i COULD...

Weather: Brrrr.. raining...

Peak agenda: Sonia gets to meet bibik Silvia for the first time!! yayyyy

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