The big 26

Ryan turned 26 this week and we had some fun birthday festivities. We had some friends over on Saturday to hang out and then Monday The Hamiltons arrived in Vienna. Tuesday for his birthday we went to the Donauturm...that means Danube Tower. It is a huge tower that rotates 360 degrees every 30 minutes and they have super food. This was Russ and Gayle's first dinner in Vienna. Earlier on Tuesday, we explored some of the city!

Ryan with new guitar...he's super excited

View from Donauturm

Ryan enjoying his birthday food...yumm!

Russ and Gayle trying not to look at the camera

The Hamilton gang

oohhhh...ryan....

In front of St. Charles Church (Karlskirche)

Russ and Gayle in front of St. Charles Church

Mr. Photographer

Klosterneuberg

Sorry for the lack of posting! We haven't really taken any pictures, so I haven't been blogging. Last weekend I went biking up to an old monastery/nunnery which produces the largest amount of wine in Austria from a non-commercial source. The biking was a lot of fun, though the next day it was a little tough to sit down! The place was really beautiful, here are some pictures. 

The front of the monastery 

The back

Cool statue in the main lobby

Grape juice containers

Intricate carving on Italian wine barrel

Chapel

Column at entrance

(if you look to the right you can see a priest)

Cafe view