This is Anne and Cole on their first walk together. We all went over to Prater today - it's a huge park that is a 5 minute walk from our apartment. There is a huge road down the middle only for pedestrians, bikers, etc. You can see all kinds of people jogging, biking, roller blading, strolling, sitting on benches, etc. Once spring really hits, it will be much more pretty with all of the greenery.
Anyhow, the walk was nice, but it tired Annie out. Cole was just fine - he didn't make a sound. I think he enjoyed the fresh air. You know, I was thinking we might get reprimanded by an old Austrian lady that we shouldn't have our baby's neck exposed to the draft. It's common to believe that it makes you sick - unless it's like 70 degrees or more. Strange but true. And people here (usually older Austrian women) feel free to let you know their opinions and what you ought to be doing about your driving, how you dress your child, how your windows are dirty, or whatever.
One cool thing about Austria is that babies are a big attraction. All kinds of people look and smile (normally its abnormal to smile) since you have a baby. They chat away to the baby and think it's great. You get a lot of positive attention that doesn't normally happen. I've seen old sophisticated men making crazy baby faces and chatting away to babies - something that would be absurd in any other circumstance.
By the way - isn't it a cool stroller? I like it a lot. The car seat pops out of the top and can be replaced by the seat for bigger kids.
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