Austria Part 2: What we did

I'm going to say this again, it is realllly hard to go through hundreds of pictures.  Isn't it crazy how technology allows us to easily take so many pictures?  Yet so many bad quality pictures too sometimes, haha.

Here's a continuation in pictures, of some things we did while we were in Austria.

We met "Soccer," my Brother-in-law's wife's (pregnant!) horse.  I'm a sucker for horses

Weirdo.

 One of Soccer's stable buddies

Stayed at The Ritz-Carlton Vienna to celebrate our wedding anniversary (while I still had RC benefits)

Too bad they didn't read our "guest notes" that we don't drink alcohol: minus 2 pts.

RC has the BEST fluffy beds.

Went to the Globe Museum!  I LOVE all things globes and maps! Very impressive collection.

Old ones!

Normal ones!

ITTY BITTY CUTIE PATUTIE ONES!!

How much for the globe clock, kind sir?

Even in dim lighting you can see my, "I LOVE GLOBES!!!" face.

Went on a really tall building to see Vienna from above

Up next: places we saw, to be continued.

Concert and a Throw Back

love the guy with his arms in the air. This depicts so many of the country fans. love 'em!

This past Saturday Wolfgang and I went to a Kenny Chesney concert {Although shown above is Eric Church} because I scored some free tickets at work!  You can never pass up a country concert.

It is also a rule that you cannot attend a country concert, without getting your country on.  So that is exactly what I did.

"Is that a belt buckle on your waist?!"  Why yes, yes it is.  And it is legit.

Once upon a time I went to college for my first two years in Idaho; I loved it and learned a lot.

One of those things I learned was how to bring out my inner cowgirl.  I took some pretty amazing classes while I was attending college, some of which where field biology classes, and on our lab day we got to ride horses and collect plants n' things. It was definitely one of the best semesters of my college career.

Anyway, during the time I was taking those classes, I went to a country store and coveted an expensive belt buckle.  I wanted to play along and become "one of them" {those crazy ones who legit-ly wear a belt buckle} during my lab classes.  I went home and found the buckle on ebay for a fraction of the price, and bought that sucker.

The name of the belt buckle is "First Love," which if you can't tell from the picture, it is a girl kissing a horse.
awwwwww.

Every buckle has to have a story, right?  Well to me this represented my horse, "Grace" that I was assigned to during that field biology course.  I've mentioned her before on my blog. {kinda in sad circumstances, sorry. Also that is when my pics were deleted}

Here are some 'throw back' pictures/memories of me with my belt buckle and Grace for my your enjoyment.
{These were taking back in '07, btw.}

Bad A****

Cool kids 

Never mind that we are pointing at each other inappropriately.  We were comparing buckles, OK?!?

Yeeha.

I love animals.

I was the kid that would cry when watching the news; not from the death toll from a terrible natural disaster, but the clip they would show of the dog or cat stranded on the roof top, being rescued by a fireman, or the zebra being mutilated by a hungry lion. {sorry for the visual}

So when I found out Wolfgang's co-worker "Bogie" had horses, I was instantly ecstatic. I begged  ask Wolfgang to see if we could just come over sometime just so I could get my horse fix, and Bogie was kind enough, without hesitation, to say yes.

So yesterday we both had the day off, and we made it out to Bogie's place, or at least where him and his friends keep their horses.  It was pretty low key- I told him all I really wanted to do was pet and feed his horse, and I would be completely satisfied.  Well, we fed "Rowdy" some pellets, and I was happy.  I just love the feel of when horses eat from your hand, is that weird?

Then, out of the kindness of his heart, Bogie let us take Rowdy 'for a walk.'  It took me back to when I took this amazing Biology class back in Idaho, where for our field labs, we rode horses all day, every week. By far one of my best classes, ever.

Anyway, as we were walking around with Rowdy and Bogie's funny two dogs, Bogie offered to even let both of us ride Rowdy, BARE BACK.  Our first time ever.  It was a little scary at first, but fun. 


Thanks Bogie, Thanks Rowdy.