As I was driving home from Arad on Monday (a 6 hour drive), I spent some time thinking about how privileged I am and how many things I take for granted. I have so much to be thankful for, and I often don't even realize it. This line of thought was prompted by the opportunity to visit Vienna this weekend with some friends. Really...who gets to just drop everything and visit Vienna for a weekend? Not most girls from Grand Rapids! I don't spend a lot of time or space on this blog with either serious writing or "devotional" writing - but I do want to encourage you to stop and think about all of the good gifts that our Heavenly Father showers us with. I had to stop and realize that I really am a spoiled brat, often wanting what I want and ignoring the good gifts I've been given. Ungrateful. Unthankful. Lord, change my heart.
For the first time since I bought this camera, I filled up the memory card (this is not due to the fact that I take few pictures, but to the fact that I almost always have my computer with me and download from the camera frequently!). Just a few pictures for now...maybe more to come later. The one above is actually a composite of 4 pictures of Schonbrunn Palace, the former summer home of Austrian royalty. The next two shots are of the "backyard" of Schonbrunn.
Also in the "backyard" is the Schonbrunn Zoo, "one of the world's oldest and most modern zoos." It was founded in 1752. A little bit different from the zoo I visited last weekend...
The jellyfish tank under black lights.
The giant panda exhibit is huge. Yummy bamboo.
More later...
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Once or twice a week something happens and I think "do I really live in a European capital city filled with history??" Like today (as I blogged about earlier) I SAW PRESIDENT BALSESCU in a car, alone, right next to me on the street. How cool is that??!!
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