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.Read More »
Universität Wien
Our taxes were a nightmare this year. Matt’s dad helped us navigate the paperwork, and to thank him, I went hunting for a thank-you present from the university’s gift shop today. (Shhh, Nancy, don’t tell him!) The only problem was that I had no idea where to find the university’s gift shop. (Go ahead, try and Google it.)
So this afternoon, I set off on an adventure through campus. Along the way, I couldn’t help but compare Universität Wien to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founded in 1365, Wien is the institution that gave us Sigmund Freud, Erwin Schrödinger, Karl Popper, Erik Erikson, and a bazillion other heavy-weight intellectuals. A place with that kind of history must have a campus that puts our favorite American university to shame, too, right? To find out, I made a match up: Wien versus UW-Madison.Read More »
Amsterdam
In 2012, we backpacked from Ireland to Croatia over the course of about two months. This past weekend, we retraced our Amsterdam steps, but this time, we had the time and cash to take more advantage of the food culture — and sightseeing — this city has to offer.Read More »
Vienna in March
Spring is coming in fits and starts this year. Feeling some cabin fever, I ventured out to find one of Vienna’s many Easter markets.Read More »
Budapest
This weekend, we launched our 2016 European travel adventures with a visit to Budapest. It ended up more terrifying than we expected …Read More »
We’ve moved … to Vienna!
We’re officially expats! In early November, Matt moved to Vienna, Austria to start a postdoc at the Universität Wien. Sandy joined him in mid January.
Our first impression? Vienna is a place that mixes iconic grandeur with quirky details. Here’s a quick, random look at our new city. Read More »
Our Wedding
We tied the knot on September 25, 2015, at the Children’s Museum in Madison, Wisconsin. Our wonderful photographers took more than 850 photos — which is great for us, but probably too many for everyone else to look at. Here’s a quick snapshot of our big day.Read More »
Bridal Shower Recipes
My mom, Rita, hosted a lovely bridal shower in August. She asked all of our female relatives to send in their favorite recipes, which she put together into a really special collection for me. She also digitized them so that I could share them here:
Knisely & Barnidge 