We have almost recovered from our jetlag. Arriving in Austria was worse - the first couple nights JT woke up at 2 each night for a couple hours of snacks and play. JT enjoyed visiting his grandparents, his great-aunts and great-uncles, his aunt and uncle and all our friends in various cities. Unfotunately, he didn't like the food too much and subsisted mostly on cheese (any stinky mountain cheese would do). fruit and the occasional white bread product. His Opa was very concerned that he wasn't eating enough and bought us all sorts of baby products. JT politely (ahem) refused them. (He can now say "nein" and "no".) It was less amusing when Opa bought follow-up formula for JT. Opa and the other older folks were concerned that JT wasn't getting enough milk. I guess extended breast-feeding was uncommon even in the 1930's - the mothers were needed to work on the farm (or elsewhere) and weaned the babies to milk and cereal. I had read that follow-up formula is popular in Europe; the formula companies have been able to sway the consumers there that it is healthier than milk and necessary, whereas in the States the product line is flailing - and when we visited a friend whose daughter is nearly 3, I was surprised to see that she still drank follow-up formula in the evening. JT didn't try any, but he did enjoy "Molke" - whey drink with fruit flavor, which is JK's Austrian drink of choice behind beer, but it is a bit strange for my palate.
So to continue, we move on to a pictorial! Enjoy. Oops, I can't get the pics to load, so I will have to try again later and see if Blogger is cooperating.
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