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December 21, 2012 – ** Oh boy.  Am I ever mad!!!  I just spent the last four hours working on this post- thinking that I had saved it- when….POOF!  It vanished into thin air.  AAAAAAArrrrrggggggh!!!!!!!!**   Okay…getting back to the important stuff: sniff, sniff… It's time to leave Opa …and leave Veitsch.  We need to…

December 21, 2012- I've been dreading this day. Today is the day we say good bye to Opa.   I hate saying good bye.  Don't you???  I'd much rather say, "see you later".   *sigh* Time to enjoy one last lovely breakfast before we head out to see Opa one last time.   Sunrise…  …

December 20, 2012- Let's go see Opa!  Today is our last full day in the area.  Tomorrow we have to leave this beautiful part of Austria….and head to another pretty location.  But let's leave that trip for tomorrow, shall we???   Today is the first sunny day we've had here. 🙂   Stopping at Pretaler…

December 20, 2012 – After breakfast Mark and I took a *very* short walk around the tiny village square. Just a quick walk down the street we ran into Konditorei Seidl. We'll have to come back here with the girls and pick up some goodies! Just a pretty looking building with a wooden nativity. Let's…

December 18, 2012-   Just wanted to share with you photos from inside our little vacation house in Turnau.  It was the cutest- most fairy-tale, alp-style cottage.     The living room (in the main bedroom): The bedroom part of the main living area.  It had floral curtains that helped to enclose the bed and…

December 19, 2012- Today we're scooping up Opa from his apartment and whisking him away to visit his family. Opa comes for a region of Steiermark that isn't too far away- it's called Ennstal.  It is a beautiful area- picturesque mountains with pretty little farms dotting the hilly landscape.   It'll be about two hours…

December 18, 2012- Ugh!  Another early morning!  I have a feeling that we'll be acclimated to our new time zone just in time to fly back to China.  :-P After breakfast we picked up Opa…today we're heading to Muerzzuschlag to visit the Winter Sport Museum and do a little bit of shopping.     It…

December 17, 2012- Good morning! It's what….4:30 AM!?! Well, I guess we managed to sleep in an extra hour and a half.  I think we'll watch some German TV until it's time to head to breakfast at 7:30 am. A few more views of the breakfast room:   Opa just called (good thing he lent…

December 16, 2012 – Good morning from Turnau, Austria!!!   We've got the following on our agenda today: 1) eat breakfast and 2) visit Opa (or Uropa).   Yep.   Pretty long list, right?!? Did I mention that we woke up at 3:00 AM!!!!!?!!!  Yep.  We were w-i-d-e awake.  And it's especially tough when you're…

December 31, 2012-   OH MY GOODNESS!!!!  Is it really New Year's Eve already???!?!???   This was THE *CRAZIEST* YEAR our little family has gone through.   Seriously.   18 months ago I would not have thought it possible for our little family to live in Tianjin, China.   And yet, here we are! I…