Seeing family in Linz

Another rainy day in Linz, but it all worked out well - we went to a kind of science museum (Ars Electronica), and then saw family.

First was breakfast at the hotel - a very fancy one, as it was extra, not part of the room cost. But kid were free, so it worked out. There were noticably a lot of older folks at this hotel - don't know why that is. Then we went to the museum as soon as it opened at 10. The museum was a little different from what I expected - I expected a science museum to be very kid-oriented, but it really wasn't, not very much. There was one very kid-friendly area, but mostly either very stark electronic art type exhibits, or very dense displays (like the musical history section).

Construction work was happening right next to the hotel - no way we would have been allowed to walk by, if we had been in the US!

Crossing the bridge to the museum

This was one of the cooler displays in the kids section - like a sandbox, with automatic contour lines

A virtual reality display

I got a call there from my uncle Fritz - he and my aunt Daniella were driving up from Kaernten, where they were visiting her mother, who is also going to have a knee replacement surgery (same as my uncle did). He later met us at the Ars Electronica museum, and we went together to an Indian restaurant. The food there was very good - too bad we had eaten so much at the breakfast buffet! My German was, as usual, very rusty and clumsy, but I usually managed to say what I needed to say. Then we went to my uncle and aunt's house and had coffee and cake, and met my cousin Laura, and her children Heidi (3) and Ferdinand (1). Peter - starved for companionship his own age - played with the children quite a bit. Their grandparents house has lots and lots of toys! Laura lives in Ottenheim, with isn't far away, so they visit often.