Easter break

The kids get two weeks off during the Easter season. This will be their final long break before summer. So we decided to go a little further to Wien (Vienna), Austria. We finished all our bookings today.

Trains take longer and cost about the same, so we will fly. Air Berlin, a semi-low-cost airline, offers 29€ one-way Frankfurt-Wien ticket. But by the time all the fees (fuel surcharge and a handling fee) are tallied, each ticket would cost over 100€. At least they are not charging for using the toilet in flight (yet). We booked our ticket on Lufthansa, which charged us 99€ per round-trip ticket (all inclusive).

There are plenty of apartments for temporary rentals. One just has to type in "Vienna apartments" in Google and there are many reasonably priced apartments on offer. They are certainly cheaper than renting a hotel room for four. We found a 3-room (i.e. 2 bedroom) apartment in the fourth district (Wieden) for the week of our visit.