We spent a couple of days in Innsbruck after satiating our ski cravings. The boys wanted to take Gramma D to the Alpine Zoo to show off...

What Austria lacks in snow they make up for in resort amenities. Heated seats, chair bubbles to protect you form the weather, handsfree...

We took the family to the opera of Hansel and Gretel the day after Christmas. Even though it was in German, we managed to pick up what...

Christmas Eve brought us a hand full of visitors. My mom, “D” flew in from Atlanta, and my brother and his wife, Zeb and Carrie flew in...

Seegrube station offers an exclusive late night dinner up on the mountain a few times a week. We got dressed up and took the Nordkette...

We purchased a seasonal ski pass that gets us into a bunch of ski resorts in Austria to hopefully make the most of the experience. The...

Justin’s brother Landon came to visit us last week. He was on his way to Benin for a water project through he and Hannah’s nonprofit Well...

It’s about time we invited you over to our place. So by popular demand from family, here (finally) is a tour of our flat. For the record,...

We were all jonesing to get back up to the snow after a week in the sand. We get up before dark and walk about 2 blocks to catch the...

Advent is huge in this Catholic nation. I mean huge. Both in the spiritual sense as well as the consumerism sense. Since I grew up...

As if the cruise wasn’t enough fun, some of us decided to extend our stay, and more importantly, our opportunity to hang out with family,...

When you can’t trust anyone to maintain your brand, you just commit to doing it all your self. Disney purchased it’s own private island...

Remarkably, all 34 people showed up in time to board the Disney Dream before departure. Honestly the whole experience was a bit of a...

We planned a lot of buffer into our trip back to the states. Cruise ships wait on no one. So we left on Friday afternoon and after a...

Here are all of the cousins minus #18, but who are we kidding. It’s not likely he would have made the photo anyway. #17 almost managed a...

Patrick turned 12 this week! Seriously. When did this happen?!? He has been crazy over getting a penny board which is a little...

First day back on skis, first time skiing in the Alps, first time skiing a glacier, first time skiing completely above timberline, first...

We took a beautiful stroll on our river trail on Sunday.  It’s official name is Jacob’s Weg, or Jacob’s way which was historically one of...

The Wolfsklamm, named after the wolves that inhabited it, is a dramatic trail that winds and climbs through a river gorge right outside...

Halloween is a holiday that is only just now beginning to take off in Austria. It a holiday that Americans blow out of the water. So much...