Would You Like Schlagobers With Your Eiskaffee?

Grüß Gott! Sorry about the lack of recent posts, but Chris and I decided that Grammy and Grampy have been very good this year, so they deserved a week with Soren, completely free of parental anti-spoiling maneuvers. And then we figured that we've been pretty good, too, so we decided to take a trip to Vienna!

There are many things to say about our trip, and I could probably sit down and try to compose a post with narrative structure and stuff, but I would never get around to finishing. In short, we had a great time, and Vienna was, as my good friend Hannah put it, "tortenly chamberful".

Ah, the torten. I'm not sure how Austrians maintain their figures, because as far as we could tell, they subsist mainly on torten and coffee. It was hard, but we made do. Chris stuck with espresso, but since I'm eating for two and require extra calcium, I was forced to order Eiskaffee, which is a lot like iced coffee, but with ice cream instead of ice cubes. Perfectly reasonable substitute, if you ask me.


Hey! Look how pregnant I am!

Oh, and since the US dollar is getting sand kicked in its face by the Euro, Chris economized by drinking wine and beer instead of water. We cut corners wherever we can.

OK, while we're on the subject of food, I would like to pose a question to everyone who has not been to Austria or Germany, because I want to see if you're dumb like me. Quiz: which of these is a Wiener Schnitzel?

A.


B.


C.


Correct answer: B. Am I the only one who thought the answer was A? I really, really thought I was asking for a sausage when I ordered Wiener Schnitzel the other night, but then they brought out this gigantor fried cutlet, and I was like, Huh? And then I was like, Duh, wurst is sausage. My American concept of schnitzel had been warped by long-ago visits to this fine franchise, and I had no idea that schnitzel was a cutlet. In any case, it was quite tasty, and if I'm the only person who didn't know what schnitzel was, shut up because I don't want to hear about it.

There's lots more, but I'm jetlagged and don't feel like writing any more. More soon! Until then, a beauty shot of a little shack on the Danube. As always, our photos are here.