From Austria to Austin and back again, May’s been a busy month for us. Here’s a quick update on what we’ve been up to.

Texas

In mid-May, Matt participated in a conference in Austin, so we headed stateside for the first time since we moved. We spent some quality time with Matt’s family, and overall, the trip was … emotional. I miss lots of things about America. (Especially the waiters.) But it was also a good reminder that Europe does some things right, too. (Holy Batman, Americans spend way too much time in traffic.) Anyway. On to the pretty photos.

Hamilton Pool

I miss these more than you know.

Visited Hill Country with Nancy & John

Austin has the coolest art

Barton Spring

As Matt learned stuff, Sandy hung out at the Lake Austin Spa with Kate & Nancy. It’s a hard life.

Sunset on a cherry picker. We’re actually as high as the treeline here.

Enjoyed meeting this guy! He’s the one responsible for the cherry picker sunset.

Rainey Street food trucks

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Wienervald

Backing up a couple of weeks, we made our first trip out to the Wienervald, the Vienna Woods. We went for a hike with some of Matt’s colleagues to celebrate Herrentag, the German version of Father’s Day. It’s a much bigger deal than in the States. Men go hiking. With beer. All day. In the spirit of progressivism, Matt’s friend Jens (who is German) opted to include us lady folk. So out to the woods we went. With beer. All day.

Not a bad place to spend a day.

More woods!

Men’s Day is serious business.

Vienna is down below in that valley.

Sometimes there were chickens.

Vienna, from above.

Trail motivation.

The manly crew.

Finished the night at Vienna’s oldest wurstel stand.