The last unicorn

After a rather chilly and wet Saturday on which we were "on the road" from the very morning shopping, Sunday presented itself absolutely stunning. Summer was back again and already in the morning it was blue-sky and sunshine. We got up early and went for a run in the Prater Hauptallee, basically our backyard, followed by a nice breakfast on our terrace with coffee and freshly squeezed apple&carrott juice (thanks to Heidi and her squeezer!). Lissi, Gery and Emma popped in for a quick flat tour and refreshment after their run and we soon had to move on to our next appointment: an afternoon with Jutta, Tom and Felix in the Zoo in Schoenbrunn.

Felix showing us where the penguins swim

Felix kept us all mobile and active. He was most fascinated by the penguins and seals - clearly the young boy is into water and we could hardly get him away from the large windows into the animal's pools. While the older generation got pretty much tired and needed a refreshement, Felix seemed to run on Duracell. Unfortunately that was the time when Markus took over and soon we met probably the last unicorn: Markus paid no attention for a second, Felix tripped, fell and hit his head. A nice bruise on his forehead and some alarming sounds were the result. Markus was not only embarrassed but also felt really sorry that he did not take better care. Luckily the pain disappeared after a few cookies and all that remained was the "unicorn".

We continued our tour,visited the lemures and the old-boys also entered the rainforest-house for a pit stop at the bats. We bumped into the family Lehner who also spent the afternoon at the zoo and we then moved on to the Gloriette for another refreshment. This location offers one of the best panoramic views in Vienna. No wonder that the Austrian emperors have spent most of their summers in Schoenbrunn!

On our way home we stopped by at Viki's, who took care together with Steve of our plants when we were on holidays, to pick up our keys and then we had dinner - Kerstin's speciality: Spinachstrudel - on our evening terrace.

Even though the weekend was "long" it went by far too fast and we got to go work again tomorrow.

Kerstin & Markus