We started off the day in the train station on our way to Austria.

We were on a pretty slick train that only took us 4 hours to get there.

Here is a pic of the 4 of us after we boarded. Family Selfie!!

We had picked up lunch at the station. I do have to laugh at Cat trying to eat this sandwich without her front teeth!

We arrived around 3pm and checked into our first Airbnb. I have to say it’s pretty awesome to get a full apartment to ourselves. It also puts us in an area outside of the tourist zones!

After we got settled, we decided to surprise Cat and take her to Prater which is the local amusement park.  She has been so patient this week and hasn’t really complained much during all of the walking tours so we figured she deserved some fun! The best way to explain the park would be a combination of Mission Beach Park and Great America. When we got there, Cat was after something sweet and so was I. I got this cool cookie that I’m sure says something cool in Austrian but the sales person didn’t know how to translate it. She tried to hand me a few with sayings written in English but it just didn’t feel right… I tried Google Translator as well but nothing came up. Anyways…after my first bite, I quickly realized it was completely meant for looks and not for eating. It better say something really cool for how much it cost!

Cat made the better choice and got cotton candy. She devoured the entire thing.

The first ride was on the  Riesenrad which is a huge Ferris wheel and one of the city’s icons. It was built in 1897 and is close to 70 meters high and weighs 430 tons.

For those of you not aware, H is afraid of heights so he took one for the team and joined us. He never got up from that seat! (But his company was definitely enjoyed!)

From there we went on a couple more rides and played a few more games.

They had this area which had photo opportunities with different statues. I don’t quite understand them but found them quirky enough to put on here!

The bumper cars. Let me tell you about the bumper cars. I rode with Cat and H rode by himself. Cat drove and I was just in the car to supervise. You would think a father would be a bit gentle with his wife and daughter…especially since it was his daughters first time driving. Nope! Not at all! The guy hit us HARD! Several times! One time he hit us so hard my glasses flew off of my head! I think I got whiplash!

Grr! I thought it would be fun to get a picture of him but this is all I could get since he kept pummeling into us!

We left there and played some more games! Cat cleaned house at this game.

The Riesenrad at Dusk.

We left there and were all pretty exhausted. I thought Cat was going to fall asleep on the Metro and I had a blister on my foot that hurt. We were done.

We decided to try a restaurant that the Airbnb host recommended. It was super cute and the food was decent but the menu was mostly American food. Having lost the will to explore we decided to try it….but had we walked 20 extra feet around the corner we would have come across a very quaint local restaurant. Lesson learned…walk that extra 20 feet!

We got home and I nursed my blister. How can something so small (my pinky toe) hurt so bad?!