It has been too long since we have had the chance to blog! I have been hearing about several people checking daily and becoming disappointed and even worried, so for that I am sorry. Kelsey and I are doing well, just very busy! We both have been fighting a cold, but we aren't letting it stop our amazing adventure. We have been doing a lot of teaching at 3 different schools, and there is an article about us with pictures on the home webpage of the main one. Here is the link for you to see it: http://www.hak-op.at 


Our second host home was with the Pichler family in Klostermarienberg. Stefan and Herta have a beautiful home, and Kelsey and I felt like we were living in a giant tree house. Saturday the 10th, their son Dominic and his girlfriend took us to Neusiedler See. It is a large but shallow lake in the Burgenland, spanning about 315 square kilometers, but never more than 12 meters deep. We took a ferry across the lake then rode bicycles to a small village where we ate lunch. It had been years since I rode a bicycle! It was so much fun, I want to get a bicycle when I get home and start riding again with the kiddos. After our bike ride and lunch they took us into Eisenstadt, the capitol of the Burgenland, where we had some delicious ice cream. The beautiful Esterhazy Palace also there, so they showed us around it as much as they could. There was a Hayden concert and a private wedding going on there at the time so our view was limited, but we could here the concert from the courtyard, and later got to see the wedding party taking photos on the balcony as we enjoyed some Burgenland wine at the very nice patio bar right outside the palace. Kelsey has most of the pictures from several of these adventures, so she will upload them ASAP.

Sunday the 11th Stefan and Herta took us to Lockenhaus Castle. It was a new experience for both Kelsey and me, neither of us had ever been in a castle! It was the first of many cold and rainy days, but at the time Kelsey and I really enjoyed the rain. Here are the first batch of pictures from the castle, I will get the rest up tomorrow. It is getting late here and we have to leave extra early tomorrow to catch a bus into Oberpullendorf from our new host family's home in Kroatisch Minihof. Check back tomorrow, I promise to do more work updating ;)

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