Snow - Winter in Krakow

We have snow!!!


View from the front balcony.



View from the back balcony.



Snowy Dragon


Rynek Glowny



Sculpture of 3 eagles flying together



A perfect Christmas Tree

We bought skis a couple of weekends ago...we hope to use them very soon!

Austria - Vienna & Salzburg

Wes took a week off and we went to Vienna and Salzburg. It was rainy and cold in Vienna and it snowed a little in Salzburg, but the scenery was still amazing...we'll have to go back to Salzburg when we can see the Alps.

Vienna


Neues Rathaus
The "New" Town Hall built from 1872-1883




Stephansdom



Karlskirche


Schoenbrunn Castle - front gates


Schoenbrunn Castle from the back - view from Neptune's fountain


From the Zoo at Schoenbrunn Castle

Karissa's favorite!

And for Andrea and Jayson...


Baby with mommy " panda-cam" blank space Supper time!



Parliament



We took a tour of the State Opera House


They had started putting up Christmas lights, there were
adding huge "chandeliers" to these light swags but these
were not lit while we were there.



Sundial, not sure this is very practical in this
weather, I guess that's why it has a clock above it!



We had some famous "Sacher Torte" at the Sacher Hotel, yummy!



Neue Burg

The Hofburg Complex - contains former imperial apartments, museums, churches, the winter riding school (Spanish Lipizzaner stallions), and many other important buildings.

On the back of this complex was a nice botanical park with a greenhouse and a butterfly exhibit




Gorgeous fall colors!




We took a ride on the ferris wheel at the Prater


Salzburg




Salzburg castle




Mozart's home

Greece, beautiful Greece!

We had a great time on our trip to Greece. Our travels took us to Athens where we took a tour of the most visited places in the city, a 1-day cruise to 3 islands - Hydra, Aegina and Poros in the Saronic Gulf, a 4-day tour to the Corinth Canal, Olympia, Delphi, Mycenae, Epidarus, Meteora and on our last day we went back to Athens and did some more site seeing on our own.

Athens...



The Acropolis ("High City") by night.

Two of the structures up on the Acropolis


The Parthenon

The Erechtheion sanctuary - Caryatids (sculpted female figures) support the roof of the portico

At city level...


The Temple of Olympian Zeus



Guards in front of the presidential palace



The Ancient Agora (marketplace)



Tower of the winds

On Mars Hill the Apostle Paul delivered his famous speech about the identify of "the Unknown God." According to the account in Acts 17 "...A few men became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of council of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others."

Island tour...





4 day classical tour by bus...


Olive groves were everywhere





Corinth Canal




Meteora




Delphi


Exodus (Exit)