HOME AGAIN

Even though he misses all the friendly people from Austria and Finland, Samu seems quite happy to be in his American home again. Happy new academic year!

THE COLORS OF LOVE

was all we thought about at Armin and Angela's fairy tale wedding in Carinthia. We were busy celebrating, which is why we didn't take any pictures ourselves, but we are hopeful to receive some of the thousands of pictures that were taken by the professional photographer. Until then, we stole some from another blog. Thank you, Armin and Angela, for this absolutely gorgeous weekend!

Here comes the bride!


Love!

After the beautiful wedding ceremony, we had cake and coffee on a ship cruising Lake Ossiach. *sigh*

Our heartfelt congratulations to the happy couple!

ON THE BOAT

Towards the end of our stay in Austria, we wanted to have one last big family gathering and do something special. A boat trip through (a small part of) the beautiful Wachau was just the perfect thing to do. Unfortunately, Marko had to miss is because he had to fly back to Finland for a few days to sort out his visa. The rest of the clan had a great time though. Oh beautiful Wachau! 

Starting point Krems

 Enjoying the sun, the scenery and each other

 Strolling through Dürnstein

 By the Danube

 On the way back

 The perfect end to a perfect day: Dinner at Kobi and Kathi's place

Thank you all for a wonderful time!

BUSY BUSY BUSY

We have been so busy lately (in a good way) that we often forgot to take pictures and those we managed to take we have not had time to post. So this is us trying to do some catching up. 

First of all we loooove the Ennser backyard and its views and have spent a lot of time there.

 Second, we are so happy that Samuel gets to spend time with his Austrian cousin.

Third, Armin and Angela got married! Yippieh! The big church wedding is still coming up, but at least the legal business is taken care of. Congratulations to the happy couple!

 Fourth, after the wedding, we met the one and only Dunstkreis @ Heurigen - where we belong!

 Good old Viennese Heurigen: Friends, wine, Schrammel music and a great view. *sigh*

In Vienna we also got to hang out with Hanna's wonderful (ex-)colleagues and faithful friends - and their kids. Thank you for being so inspiring and caring! Next time, we'll take pictures of ourselves too ;-)

 Another important date: Dunstkreis @ Langenlois! Thank you for coming, dear friends!

More visitors, more good memories: Ursi, Herwig and kids came to visit and enjoy our vegetables ;-) Thank you so much for your time and friendship!

Lucky Samu also got to hang out with the coolest gang of Langenlois. Familienrunde 3.0!

This was by far not everyone we met and whose company enjoyed, but it's a start. To all of you who made our summer so special by having time for us: THANK YOU!!! It means a lot to us that we can be so close even though we live so far away.