Yesterday was a big day of sightseeing. I actually didn’t realize how much we had accomplished yesterday until I sat down last night to go through all the pictures I had taken throughout the day. We saw and did a lot — we hit all of the major 1st district spots in one day, with two kids it tow. Impressive.
But it meant that today we were all worn out. We had designs on taking the Strassenbahn out to Schonbrunn to see the Easter market and the palace, but there was no way that was happening. We *could* have done it, but we lacked the motivation. So, instead, we went to the park. We took the boys to the Rathauspark playground and let them swing, slide and play in the sand. They got a chance to run around and stretch their legs and just do kid stuff, without taking too much out of the grown ups, which was perfect.
This evening, though, we were feeling up for a little more adventure and took my neighbor up on her offer of a walking tour of the oldest parts of Vienna. She grew up here, attended school here, and is raising a family here, so she has a lot of information and a neat perspective on the city. We didn’t start our tour until after dinner, and we weren’t planning on taking the boys (Dan was going to stay home and put them to bed while Mina and I went on the tour) but after our late and enthusiastic trip to the park, their naps were late and long. Since they had only woken up a little while before dinner, we opted to take them with us instead.