The Stucki's: March 2013

London Run, London, UK ... Saturday, March 9, 2013

I feel like in any city in Europe, I could run forever. The best way to see a city, I decided, is with a nice long run. Heather flew out from Shanghai to visit me on my weekend layover in London. We woke up Saturday morning and had a nice hour long run around central London. I wish runs were always as exciting as my runs this week!

Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery), Vienna, Austria ... March 6, 2013

I had a few extra minutes so I headed out to Simmering (outskirts of Vienna) to the Zentralfriedhof, one of the largest cemeteries in Europe. It is the first in number of interred and second in area only to Hamburg's Ohlsdorf cemetery. On a side note, I also used to live right next door to the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg, so perhaps I am drawn to these places.
The Zentralfriedhof is "home" to Beethoven, Brahms, Strauss, and Schubert, among others. It was built in 1874 to accommodate the growth Vienna was experiencing at the time.

Vienna, Austria...March 6, 2013

This was my run this morning. An hour of joy running through the streets of the most beautiful city in the world.

One of our first blog posts ever is with Heather, Katie and Ashley in the stadt park in front of the "clock". It was fun to run past there 7 years later.

They have an ice path for skating going around the Rathaus. Very cool.

Stookablo out.

Quotes to Remember

We were in Munich and just checking into our Hotel and both the girls needed to go to the bathroom. We all ran upstairs to our rooms and they both bolted into the bathroom. They began to fight over which one was going to use the toilet first. They argue for a few seconds when Katie shouts, "Mom, which one of us do you want to pee their pants?!" (May, 2009)
We were driving home from church last week and I said something like, "We are going to buy a Toyota Sequoia". Suddenly from the back we hear our 4 year old, Ashley, pipe up ... "You killed my Father...Prepare to Die!"...somehow she confused "Toyota Sequoia" with "Inigo Montoya" from the Princess Bride! (May, 2009)
Ashley and I were playing a card game when she says to me, "pause the game, I have to go to the bathroom". This is when I realized the technology gap between my childhood and hers.
I asked Ashley what country she was born in (she was born in Canada). She told me that she couldn't remember, so I tried to give her a hint. I said, "you were born in Cannnn...". To which she immediately exclaimed in triumph..."CANDYLAND!!"
Katie woke us up this morning telling us we needed to get up. Heather told her that her head hurt and she wasn't going to get up yet. Katie responds, "But you don't WALK on your head, so get up!"