Sue's Parents Visit

Liz and Jerry with the Inner Stadt behind them.

How lucky I feel to have my parents visit for 2 whole weeks!  We found a hotel for them across the street from the kids' schools -- their room overlooked the playground which both schools use.  They could peak out and see Grace and Henry playing at recess.  And this was very handy for me picking up the kids -- they never get out at the same time so we could hang out at Wiz and Bumpa's place while waiting for the other kid to finish.

I wish we could have done more sight-seeing together but there always seemed like something needed to be done for the kids or school or Henry's birthday so they ended up doing lots of shopping with us. How fun to have them here for Henry's Birthday!  And they did get stuck (?) babysitting a couple of times, too.

In addition to visiting Slovenia, we did the Schlossberg mountain, clocktower and fairy tale train. By the second week here they were comfortable enough with the tram system to go off on their own including a visit to the Eggenberg castle, the old city, and lunch at the Sacher Hotel.

At a local park.

Mostly, I just enjoyed their easy company.  I haven't met many people here yet and have felt lonely at times.  It was so nice to feel in the midst of family even if it was for a short time.

Sue