A Vienna Waltz

• Where the Heart Is 8 years ago Ex-pat living comes with a series of topics routinely covered in polite conversation. Have you learned the language? How do you like it? Where do you feel most at home?There are two other questions, most often asked when meeting new people in your ex-pat location. How long have you been here? How...
• Welcome to Hipsterplatz 8 years ago May is a month filled with family Birthdays and school holidays in our neck of the City.   I decided that a Mother-Tween Son road trip to Graz would be a fun getaway, since it was a regular work week for UN employees. On departure morning and in fine tween form, I was reminded that the coming...
• Barca, Barca, Barca! 8 years ago Well, this is what happens when you walk away from blogging, post purgatory! Then, something happens that gets you percolating once again.  Here is some unfinished business from our Barcelona visit in October 2015.  Please stay tuned family and friends.....the school semester is almost over and...
• Postcards from Mary Lou 8 years ago Dear Readers,"A Vienna Waltz" took a break to focus on charitable and educational commitments that required (and very often drained) my creative efforts and time.  Unfortunately, I put aside the blog, but did not forget about the enjoyment found in writing, sharing and photographing our...
• Our Haus and Her Haus 9 years ago We live in a very fine house.  In a fine neighborhood.In 1938, thirteen thousand four hundred Jewish people lived in our Vienna city neighborhood.  They were wiped out of the neighborhood by the Nazis.  Their houses and possessions became other people's (stolen) houses and possessions.1n 1938,...

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