The weekend of Father's Day

Last week summer weather had a tight grip on Vienna with temperatures rising steadily and reaching 32 degrees on Saturday, during the night the temperatures did not come off a lot either and in front of the outdoor pools like the Stadionbad long queues built up. Luckily we have bought season tickets and thus could jump the queues, walk through the entrance and select a shady place under the trees. While Jakob did enjoy the time on the lawn bare naked playing and eating melons, carrots and bread he had issues when we went to the pool with him. It almost seems as if he does not like water anymore and so we only could trick him into the refreshing wet element. Saturday evening our plans to have barbeque were virtually blown away as a heavy storm with gusty wind and rain approached Vienna which cooled off the air quite significantly.

Dad & son in the zoo

Sunday morning, after a new experience for all of us as Jakob slept through the night in his own room, the sky was overcast and temperatures were somewhat lower than then days before and thus we decided to spend Jakob’s 11-month birthday and Markus’ first father’s day in the Zoo in Schoenbrunn rather than in the Stadionbad or a lake. When Markus returned from his morning run Jakob featured a new t-shirt and presented a small present to dad. We got on our way after lunch and Jakob was fighting hard to not fall asleep all the way in his pram but only close before entering the Zoo where we met Rosemarie and Sandra. So yet again our sunshine missed most of the animals and woke up after 1,5 hours just in time for the feeding of the seals. After an afternoon snack, a visit to the monkey house and some playing in the grass we transferred home again, where Jakob was all active again, walking a lot and helping Markus watering the flowers on the balcony.


Jakob trains his skills as gardener

Jakob, Kerstin & Markus