We really love the mountain life, but on Saturday evening we rather went for a beat with the city center and fulfilled our need for buzzing nightlife 🙂

I love the hustle and bustle and the city’s smoothly worn cobblestones. I experience the vibrant pulse, instinctively picking up the rhythm of the boulevards, and I feel how the city breathes us people in and sighs us out. But here, in our new home, on this strange borderland where the center of Vienna is as far away as the chirping lights flickering through the forest canopy, it feels as if we are living between two worlds. And lately, waking up to the rustling of the trees, I feel that this strange land has embraced me, that it speaks to me and calls me home. And this home is somehow…

What should a mom and a bonus dad come up with when they move to a foreign country with a teenager and try to make it feel like home for them…? Well, if that teen has a talent for archery, that makes things a lot easier: Laci discovered the coziest adventure park in the area, featuring a shooting range and seven archery courses (besides climbing, hiking, and other mountain sports) for the local community. So we explored the terrain, enjoyed heavenly homemade flatbread, hot soups (which came in especially handy on a rainy day). A special joy of the day was that a few friends also made the pilgrimage to…

The day has come when Laci traveled into the city for work, and Rú and I stayed at our new home, just the two of us. Of course, we set out to explore the city—discovering the best local dürüm place, a bookstore, some pastry shops, and the town’s namesake, the Kloster, which has already found its way into our hearts. Before all that, though, we visited Rú’s future school, where I finally introduced him to the headmistress. We met his homeroom teachers and got to know the school a little, before he takes on a thrilling new chapter in his life next Monday: 8th grade, in German! Well, challenges are…