Sunday, Sunday what should we do? We had an invitation to a birthday party at 3 o'clock, but what to do till then? Why not having a look at Prater, the big amusement park in Vienna? I think, everybody knows the Giant Wheel, which is one of the emblems of Vienna. The weather was beautiful and so we started our walk in Prater in good mood, nosy about what would await us and which attractions Hjördís would like to try out.
I made them try out my old favourite, the 60 years old Hochschaubahn for kids, where you take a trip through the Austrian Alps. Afterwards we had a look at the highest merry-go-round in the world, where the tower has a height of 117m and the passengers are in around 95m height, enjoying a wonderful view over Vienna from their seats. Actually, you'd have to pay me a huge amount of money to try that one! I'm not so much for heights.
Ingólfur and Hjördís tried to crash into as many others as they possibly could while driving the electric crash car. Think they had quite some fun there.
Next thing to try was the Donaujump, where you take a trip in a boat and splash as much as you can ;-) Afterwards the Wildalpenbahn was tried, but I think it was quite a wild ride, at least if you judge after the faces of Ingólfur and Hjördís afterwards.

Well, we took a break and helped ourselves to some Langos, which is a kind of fried dough with a huge amount of garlic on it. It is actually just good as long as it is hot, but you don't dare to throw away the rest of it.
After a quick shower we were ready to join Philip in his birthday party. When we arrived, he was still asleep, so there was a chance to hide his presents, as he wasn't supposed to open them straight away. Soon he woke up and then we just had to wait for the last guests. Both great-grandmothers, all grandparents and even his uncle and aunt were there to congratulate him. Well, we actually didn't stand a chance after he had opened the first presents. He got a monkey, which I already named King Kong after he was used to scare people in Philips new car garage. At least we were allowed to play with him with his new stuff ;-)
My brother was playing with Philip and Hjördís and while watching the wild game, it popped into my mind that it must have been similar, when my Uncle Thomas was playing with the bunch of us. Now I understand why we had to do that in a special room.

In the evening we met my friend Rita and her little daughter Amelie and had some ice-cream together. We had a nice chat and it was good to meet them.

It was a very amusing and good day, we really enjoyed!