Two new boys in family

Grandad has been ummming and aaghhing about another dog one day yes another day no, so grandama bunny with the help of michelle did some research. Grandad was adament he wanted a long haired dog preferably a golden retriever like bonny he so likes long hair. Grandma found two rescue dogs who could not be separated so we went to see them, we came home with two dogs in fact we also liked a dog called Jake. they are well trained and keep grandad company after all his is an old age pensioner. gues who has bathed them brushed them and taken them for walks grandma of course. after all the long hair bit grandad likes sam the labrador. we call him sette sam as he thinks he would like to sit on grandmas settee's WRONG, he has not made it yet. and when grandma takes them for a walk when she stops hector starts to dig a hole next to her feet Is he trying to bury grandma. they were a bit smelly but after a good wash a wipe over with bounce tumble dryer wipes and talc they smell lovely a bit puffy grandad says but grandma likes a clean dog.

Hector six and a half looking a bit dopey thats the dog not grandad.

Sam four years old

Grandads birthday

lots of little and big people came to play for grandads 65 birthday

well done get the oxygen tank he's out of breath

come on blow them all out, good job we did not do 65 candles it would have melted the chocolate and singed grandads eyebrows

The cake was decorated by james and luke Happy birthday grandad we love you xxAnthony Smail reached his 65 birthday Dionne and Family and Michelle and family came for the day, peter also popoed in with natasha his girlfriend.Grandad had a great time. Grandad left the ham on cooking and burning for 10 hours for the party ooohhh what a stink grandma smelt it at three in the morning. Lots of disgusting smelling smoke ugh. it made grandad cough and now his has a bad back from all the coughing. grandad loved seeing all his grandchildren and showing lewis how to play piano. he cooked jake and rebekah bacon and egg for breakfast on saturday.

We had a horse and cart ride around St Gilgin and Andreous was our driver (bit of alright and in tight leather) it was a lovely tour and saved our legs abit.Andreous was very friendly and spoke good english and has lived there all his life. We got to see more of austrian life, instead of just the tourist bits . The men wear leather shorts in Austria and I could not find any for grandad shame eh!

firey sunset and moonlight at midnight

The moon from our balcony very romantic

I wanted a picture of a sunset and I caught this one it looks like the sky is on fire!

Eating out in austria

The food was the first decent meal in Austria we had eaten and after four days we were hungry.

We went to a restauraunt in Saint Gilgin and you could choose which fish you wanted to eat for dinner , we chose something else to eat as we thought the fish looked so happy swimming in the tank

Vienna

It was very hot in vienna grandma tried her german out but he turned out to be italian who also spoke german.There are lots of Italians in vienna so grandma got to try her Italian as well!
You hang around with some strange people grandad. We also had a horse and cart ride around some parts of the city and went across some very bumpy cobble streets that shook grandma's tummy up .

we went to vienna and we were determined to have real vienna schnitzel and kartoffel salad to see if was like I make at home. we ended up eating it in an italian restaurant it was very tasty but grandma learnt that kartoffel just means potatoe , and potatoe salad was made in lots of different ways to her version. we also met some good street buskers dressed like statues.One of the statues got silly with grandad

shopping in Austria

This is the national costume and I tried one on in these colours Grandad bought me one for my birthday in very sleek black. the Austrains wear their national costumes on the weekend all of them are encouraged and it is very beautifull to see them wearing them little children and men and women . they don't do it for the tourists they wear it as their identity as Austrians I won't tell you how much mine cost but it was soooo expensive .